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Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, July 17, 2009 - 2:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
That sounds like fun, and free too War!

Well, the Deed is Done! 340 lbs lighter & only cost me $18.12. Whew! Confess that I almost backed out, then remembered I had posted it to TVCH...so had to follow thru. lol Not sure how easy I will be able to move tomorrow.

Made it to the dump today (Finally!) after finally getting all the weeds w/clumps of dirt pulled all month. Left my watch at home, but it turned out I got there just 10 MINUTES before closing. Nice man in next truck helped pulled the seriously stinky bags out (after panic time when they sounded the Closing Bullhorn) and tossed over cement barricade. Not sure I would have had the strength frankly to do it all myself, but it only took 12 minutes (per receipt) in all for 340lbs and they had to open the gate to let me out. Normally 320lbs minimum for $17.

Grossed me out, I found a baby slug slithering in the truckbed liner. Lucky pup, he got washed out later and will live another day. Bet that guy had a laugh later over an old lady wigging out for having a slug in her truck.

Before leaving I unloaded the little half freezer, taking old freezer-burned stuff too, and left it unplugged. AFTER the dumprun I stopped at the store (yeah I stunk a tad so will use a different checker next time, had to go back because I forgot the laundry soap I was out of). By the time I got home, washed out inside of truckbed & tarps, the freezer had nearly defrosted. Bin at the bottom was full to brim, looked impossible to pull out without flooding the floor. Genius that I am, I pulled out the little wet/dry shop vac. Never used the Wet function before, half hr later, it was all defrosted, so I could suds it down.

Boy, I'm tired. Can't believe it's all done! Now, I can start working indoors again.

A couple things I found in that freezer were juice & ham bones from Sis' last trip plus a quarter of a ham. Got beans soaking to dump everything in the crockpot tomorrow.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, July 17, 2009 - 2:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wow you got a lot done today, Bisc! And yay on hitting the dump and for the nice guy helping.

LOL about going to a different checker!

Free is fun! I know a couple of the activities and some of the food you have to pay for, but it's pretty cheap. At the Christmas one, we spent $20...and it was me, sis, and five kids!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, July 17, 2009 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, Biscotti, I am impressed! At least you don't have to go to a different store, just a different checker, LMAO.

I have been trying to cook what is in my freezer (I only have a little one on the fridge), I did have to through a few things away from burn. So great job cleaning yours out!

It is going to be really hot (98) here again! I left the AC running this morning. Didn't do much last night except Big Brother, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 1:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'd be happy with 98, at one point today it reached 108 and it's humid (which rarely happens here.)

I didn't get much done today either. Woke up and my neck was so stiff and sore, left me headachy for most of the day.

I did have to take aunt to the dr. Got to her house at 2 (I'd told her yesterday about the appt, sis told her this morning) and she sat around til 2:30. She thought the appt was at 3, actually was 3:15. Finally got her ready to go, went to start the car right at 3, went back in and she'd set down and made herself a sandwich. My head exploded. She'd known about the appt since yesterday, no reason to be sitting down for a sandwich at 3. Finally got her in the car at 3:30.

She's back to leaning to one side and shuffling her feet walking. Refused to take her walker or wheelchair, which totally frustrates me. I have bad wrists and one of my fears is her stumbling on a good day and not being able to keep her from falling. On a bad day like today, she damn near ripped my arm off. Took us 20 minutes to get from the lobby to her drs office. Yep, signed it at 4pm, for a 3:15 appt.

Frustrated, I told her from now on we will be using the wheelchair for appts. It's just not a safe situation, me trying to get her and her oxygen tank somewhere by myself. She's going to end up falling, and worse, bringing me down on top of her. I'm clumsy, I don't mind falling down, do it often enough, but I'd feel terrible squishing her! She's not happy about it, but too bad.

I ended up not getting home til 6. And we decided not to go to the street fair, avpress

Kids are going to a birthday party tomorrow and sis and bil are taking them. we haven't decided what we're doing with our free time.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 2:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
War said: "Frustrated, I told her from now on we will be using the wheelchair for appts."

I feel your pain! With my friend John, I finally had to get blunt. He had taken a couple of falls (while I was trying to park the car) and I saw how kind Good Samaritans were to help him up. But, with AIDS and the thought of blood flying, it just wasn't safe or fair. We had a titanium light weight wheelchair that he refused to use for 3-4 years. I told him that NONE of us, whether volunteers or paid help, were taking him out without the wheelchair. Then I followed thru and told everybody those were the "New House Rules". He was upset but eventually came to grips.

It's hard, but you don't want anybody harmed just for need of independence for a person. Sad, but that was the way it needed to be.

ETA: All of the helpers were totally relieved, not a single argument about the "New House Rules". Hope I didn't sound like a mean person there.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 2:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
One more point is that EVERYONE is complying to the same standards. So that there's not a situation where one person will take them w/o wheelchair while someone else requires the wheelchair. Same thing happened with my Dad.

Just easier coming to grips if everyone is on the same page, fewer arguments. It's the only way to keep someone safely in their home vs. an assisted living or nursing home.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 2:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Well duh DUMB!

Remember how I said last night: "A couple things I found in that freezer were juice & ham bones from Sis' last trip plus a quarter of a ham. Got beans soaking to dump everything in the crockpot tomorrow."

Today was the warmest day we've had all year, think it hit 90degrees. I don't have air conditioner or swamp coolers, just open the windows. So the beans swelled (of course!) and it sure couldn't all fit in my little crockpot. Spent hours tending the hot stove boiling them beans. But, at least they're all packaged in sandwich bags now in the half empty freezer. Should get about 10-15 meals out of the deal later when I'm not so tired of smelling them cook. Really bad timing, it's supposed to be 77degrees tomorrow.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 2:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Actually, before anyone wonders. John had a handicap parking sticker (often the spots were filled). Even if they weren't, he was too weak. So I would drive him to the entrance, prop him up next to the door and then go park. He was very stubborn, but there came that point.

I try to be a tolerant person, but I have ZERO tolerance for able bodied people parking in a handicap spot! One guy on his motorcycle told me (like I asked him, Why if you're able to drive a motorcycle, are you too disabled to park in a regular spot?) "well, I was just going to make a quick phone call at that phone booth".

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 2:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
You're not sounding mean, Bisc! There's a fine line between independence and being bull headed stubborn. I understand independence, but that stubbornness is what frustrates me.

Aunts visiting nurse arranged for her to get the wheelchair several years ago (before I started caring for her) and she flat out refused then to ever use it. That was ok before when she was doing well, but the worse she gets, the more dangerous that becomes.

No problem with the consistancy since I'm usually the only one taking her to appts. Sis has started to go to appts that deal with aunts diabetes (since she gives her her insulin and cooks.)

A good thing, besides her not falling, about using the wheelchair is I can skip the loading zone when going to the drs with her and trying to struggle getting her out of the car, in the building, back out to the car, park, get back in and then vice versa when we're done.

Ack on having to cook the beans on the stove! We've been doing a lot of cold foods this week just to avoid the stove. On the other hand, woo hoo on all the extra food in the freezer!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 3:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
heheh, yes when the weather gets warmer I can just yank a sandwich bag o' beans out of the freezer.

But, I agree with you that when the fight comes down, that need for independence (which I myself would be fighting for myself in similar situation) becomes the primary focus. Less focus on whether the helpers could end up with bodily damage in the process, as a result. You are right. Using the wheelchair sure reduced the stress of doctor appts. Those were terrifying for me.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 11:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Bedrooms a good room for me this week.

Oy, this weekend. It was way too hot to do much, we didn't even cook at all. Ok, lol, wait, that was for me! It was seriously hot enough today that we were having power outages for a while.

Tomorrow I have some errands to run. Sis is having the second part of her dental work done and bil decided to take the older two nieces to the lake for the day so when sis gets home she can rest. Except that he forgot that'd still leave the baby home, lol. So baby niece is coming over to stay with me til he gets back to town with the older girls.

Darren has school tomorrow night. May end up doing some cleaning then when it won't be so hot.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I hear you Wargod, they said it was going to cool down for the weekend and it was 102 yesterday!!

I did haul out the trash, empty the litter locker, water the plants several times, found some more growing things in the back of the fridge that I disposed of, and read the Sunday paper.

I guess tonight I will run the dishwasher, complete my safeway order, and make plans for my staycation the 23rd-28th.

Oh and I defragged my computer.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I threw sheets in the washer, lol, that's about it. By 8am it was already too hot for housework so most of it's gonna have to wait til this evening.

What kind of plans are you making for your staycation?

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Originally I had planned to watch a lot of the live feeds, but now I am thinking of shopping and going to the pool. Although, if somehow, the good guys could win HOH, I might still do that. I just don't want to sit around and watch the bullies all day.

I am also planning to do some more de-cluttering, I will have enough time to actually get to it, LOL. And by then I should have most of the prior donation out of my dining room.

Oh and I think I need to do some laundry. ETA: I thought of the other thing I want to do - establish a morning exercise program - 15 to 20 minutes, I am hoping if I do it for six days I can keep it up when I go back to work.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, Dipo, actually if you watch the feeds in the morning (it's been kinda early around 9, though yesterday and today it was later) Russell is out working out, sometimes by himself, sometimes with others out there. I commented the other day it'd be the perfect time to do our own workouts, lol. I wouldn't follow what Russ is doing though, he's like the energizer bunny and would probably kill anyone else trying to keep up with him!

Going to the pool and shopping sounds fun! Laundry and de-cluttering not so much, lol.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Monday, July 20, 2009 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Have to put my two cents in here. I had a staycation about 3 weeks ago. I spent a day on laundry, iron, fix anything that needs fixing.

It has been pure heaven getting dressed for work ever since. (not going to work, but the getting dressed part) LOL

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 2:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Better to get the stuff done in one day, gives you the rest of the time to relax.

I did a bit of cleaning and laundry tonight. Bil and I took the kids to the batting cages...Dakota and oldest niece have try-outs (for positions) for a fall league in a couple weeks and they need to practice.

Sis and bil are going to the lake tomorrow with their kids and asked if Caleb and Kota wanted to go. Asked Caleb if he was gonna get kicked out of class if he missed another day and he said no, teacher told them he understands its summer and they might miss days for family stuff...5 is the limit. So told bil that was fine by me. They'll be picking the kids up at 6:30 in the morning and for the first time since summer break...I'll have the house to myself. Course, I have to be up in four hours, lol.

I'm thinking splitting my day between bb and cleaning.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Christy358, LOL, I may just have to follow your example. I think I have a few things that need a button sewed, stuff like that!

Nice that you get the house to yourself, Wargod! Enjoy.

I ran the dishwasher, washed what wouldn't fit by hand, got my safeway order done and rescheduled my Sister for cleaning to the 31st. So when I get home I will unload dishwasher and clean up kitchen (put everything else away).

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I took a nap Dipo, LOL! I was up til 3:30 watching the crazy hamsters then couldn't get to sleep til after 5. Had to be up at 6:45 to get the kids out the door. Shhh, it's 1:30 and I still don't have a bra on!

I do need to make a quick run to the store, then some cleaning that I can get done pretty quickly though thinking I might wait til Darren gets home. I just can't quite work up much energy.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 1:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

What did I do today? I did make it to the store. Also did a load of laundry and cleaned the kitchen after dinner. Also picked up the living room, though didn't really clean it.

Tomorrow I need to run some errands and spend more time really cleaning the house. Should go to the grocery store for fresh fruits and veggies. Told Dakota I'd take her to the toy store or walmart, she's been saving her allowance money for a while and wants to spend it.

My nieces are going to spend the night as well. Darren and I are planning on taking them to the park later in the afternoon/early evening.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 6:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
War, you know how flylady says to get dressed to start your day? I cant do the shoe thing, but I do always put my bra on when I start to clean. Makes me feel serious about it. LOL

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 9:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I got the kitchen cleaned up, unloaded the dishwasher, refilled my water and soda bottles, wiped down some furniture I want to sell, took the pictures of the furniture and got the measurements for the bookcase, ran the roomba (which got stuck under the bed again! and only did half the room), finished my Safeway order and read my book.

Tonight I get my hair done, then out to dinner, tomorrow Vacation starts, yeah!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm terrible about it, Christy. If I'm not going anywhere, you can almost garuntee I'm dressed down somehow. No shoes are a given, sometimes no bra. Usually jammie bottoms or a torn t-shirt/sweatshirt. If I do have to go somewhere (other than dropping the kids off at school, where I don't get out of the car) I do get dressed. Like this morning, took Kota to Walmart to spend her allowance so I got up early to shower and am dressed for the day. Most of the time if I'm not going anywhere other than to take the kids at home, I don't hop in the shower til I'm done cleaning so it seems pointless to really get dressed until then.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 12:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

I got quite a bit done today, though it doesn't really feel like it. Both kitchen and living room clean, a load of laundry done. Had to run back to the grocery store cuz I missed a few things.

Dakota's bff invited her to the movies so she was gone for a while. When she got back, Darren and I picked up the nieces and with Dakota we went to the park for some softball practice. We were there about an hour and a half and had a great time. Several people came up to compliment the girls, some sat and watched for a while. Even middle niece who won't start t-ball til next spring was out playing and hitting balls.

Plans for tomorrow aren't too set in stone yet. Need to drop a prescription off for my aunt. Caleb's buddy is coming over but I'm thinking I may just take the boys and drop them off to see a movie since Kota went today. I'll have the girls until sometimes tomorrow afternoon and haven't decided what we're going to do. Was thinking maybe a picnic in the front yard for them.

Dipo, I hope you enjoy your vacation!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 11:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Ultimate Female Joke (sent to me by my best friend's brother)

It has long been contended that there are male Jokes and there are female jokes, and there are unisex Jokes. Here is a joke I consider a true female joke.

I offer it to you in the hopes that women will love it and men will pass it along to a woman who will love it.

A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when Steven, a tall, exceptionally handsome, extremely sexy, middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him.

The young-at-heart man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her (as all men will). Before she could offer her apologies for staring so rudely, he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20.00 on one condition".

Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The man replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words."

The woman considered his proposition for a moment, and then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with her address. She looked deeply into his eyes, and slowly and meaningfully said. . . .
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"Clean my house."