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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 12:55 am
Thursday's Mission I'll try that tomorrow, thanks Landi! I'm willing to try just about anything, but happen to have vinegar and dawn in the kitchen so that will be an easy one. Tomorrow's gonna be one of those fractured days I think, flitting in and out of the house most of the day. I need to run by the bank and then by my aunts in the morning. Back home for an hour or two (depending on when I go to the bank) and then pick sis up from school around 12:30 to go to Costco. I really don't like to do aunts grocery shopping that late in the afternoon since it means we'll have to rush to be done, get the groceries to the house and put away and done just in time to go get the kids from school. Unfortunately, she needs groceries and can't wait, she's out of quite a bit. I'm also going to get the money from her to do the last of her Christmas shopping, though probably won't do that til this weekend or next, if I wait til next weekend I can do hers and finish up with mine at the same time. Don't know if I'll get much cleaning done around my house though. Kota has both a social studies and spelling/vocab test on Friday and those are the ones she needs a lot of my help studying for. Darren's planning on getting as much of his homework for the week done tomorrow as possible so we can spend the weekend doing fun Christmas stuff so he won't be much help with her studying. Er, just to clarify, I'm not complaining about that, lol! I'd rather him do his homework so this weekend we can focus on just having fun. I keep thinking I have something else I have to do tomorrow but for the life of me I can't figure out what the heck it is!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 11:43 am
Wargod, I left you a suggestion for the kitty problem in the Cat thread. Lets see, I got the Christmas Tree out of storage and up to the house last night. Now I need to fluff it up a bit (some of the branches get smashed down)and put the skirt around it. I got the dishwasher unloaded and put away all the hand-wash dishes. Wiped down my sink and went to bed, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 1:14 pm
Thanks Dipo! I haven't done all that much today. Went to the bank and just got back from my aunts. Need to pick sis up in a couple minutes and go do Costco shopping. I'm coming down with a cold so that's going to be the most I get done I think.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 04, 2009 - 12:35 am
Friday's Mission Dang cold is kicking my butt tonight. We went to get the kids from school then Darren had to run some stuff to my aunts. While he was doing that I ran to the grocery store and picked up a couple things. Came home and had dinner...then laid down on the couch and went straight to sleep for three hours or so. I'm about to go make Darren's lunch and take some medicine and go to bed. Supposed to go clean my aunts tomorrow and help her with a shower, we'll have to see how I'm feeling though.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, December 04, 2009 - 2:17 am
Hope you're feeling better, War, after getting some rest. Wow, I've had a busy day. Think I didn't mention but my little truck has had some issues with maybe/maybeNot starting the past couple of months. Thought I was flooding the gas. Didn't want to admit, but it left me stranded on Thanksgiving - no turkey for me! (bought a rotisserie roasted breast after Thanksgiving when truck would start). So, I was talking to my Sis in Phx Tuesday night and said That's It! I'm buying a new battery, it's 10yrs old and I'm not playing anymore games. (Frankly, I had price checked them at Sam's Club about $75 w/free installation). Sis, said NO, take it to your neighborhood mechanic (of 20 yrs now, best mechanic ever!) and have him check the alternator, cables and have him get the battery. He's also done work on Sis's vehicles when she's been caught up here on vacation. He mentioned recently that business has been slower than he would like. He's hired his son to work with him because son lost his other job, so they can work faster, but business has been slow. I NOW wonder if all those people turning in their clunkers, then are reqd to have servicing via dealership may be some of the prob? So, I called yesterday. Son said they had "one spot" open today, seemed eager for me to take that spot, not wait till next week. Okay, they called at 1pm. Alternator OK, replaced cable and new pricier battery (which I'm sure is better quality than the only brand I saw at Sam's). $180 (which included $75 in labor). But they also went over EVERYTHING, fluids, belts, lights, added oil, even air in the tires. So, now I Feel Like a Princess. lol Shocked, though, 1st time I've ever seen them just sitting around in the office at 2pm. Just one other vehicle plus mine and both were completed. He grinned from ear to ear when I told him what my Sis had said & when I told them his was the "only place I wanted to bring my money anyways"! My little truck was downright humming coming home. He's done so many kindnesses over the years, like stopping what he's working on to change a burned out bulb. I feel like it was money well spent. Well, he must have given ME a jumpstart, as well! Came home, cooked dinner, cleaned the kitchen and washed all the pots&pans that have been accumulating. Ran the dishwasher and got all my Christmas presents wrapped & ready to mail during commercials of Survivor, CSI. I'm tired now, think I will wait til Monday to mail them.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, December 04, 2009 - 2:30 am
ETA: Just to clarify, I never planned to buy battery at Sam's, just wanted to get a sense of what they cost these days. BUT, since I've taken Sis' advice, I have no doubt that she will be telling me what a bargain I got. hehehe
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Friday, December 04, 2009 - 2:49 am
Thinking about it, that mechanic was also the guy who gave me the name of his good friend - the contractor that SAVED my house after the demolitions of the mold abatement & plumber tear outs, for a fraction of the cost. I owe him BIG TIME, not just on behalf of my little truck!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, December 04, 2009 - 3:17 pm
wow, you did get busy Biscotiii. Glad you have a happy truck. Wargod must not be feeling to good. I got my hair cut and colored last night after waiting for three weeks, I swear I feel like a new woman, I think the gray was making me feel old and down, LOL. I mailed 5 Christmas cards yesterday, and I am hoping to do at least 5 more today. Got home late last night because of the hair deal so didn't really get much else done.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, December 05, 2009 - 6:33 pm
Hope you are feeling better WArgod! I managed to get 5 more cards mailed yesterday. Haven't done much today except watch tapes. I usually just take it easy on Saturdays and do all my chores on Sunday.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 05, 2009 - 11:04 pm
I think I'm feeling better, but only compared to how terrible I felt last night. Yesterday I spent most the day in my jammies, napping on and off for a good part of the day, was online once or twice but not for too long. Last night was the Christmas thing on the blvd, wasn't really feeling up to it but didn't want the kids to miss it so we went for a while. Stayed about 45 minutes, long enough for the kids to get hot chocolate and brownies and get their pic taken with Santa (totally cute pic, besides Caleb and Kota, my nieces were there and we ran in to little adopted sis and her two little ones, so got all 7 kids in the pic.) We ran by Burger king and got burgers on the way home. That pretty much did me in, I was in bed by 8. Took some nyquil and went to sleep pretty quick. Unfortunately nyquil doesn't quite work great for me, or rather it does for about 3 hours and then it doesn't work. And that's where it got miserable. Very fitful sleep the rest of the night, coughing and sneezing, runny nose. Completely tore the bed apart, I was surprised Darren didn't ask me to sleep on the couch! It's a cold but it all seemed to settle in my sinuses last night and hurt like heck. Darren got up around 6 and brought me more medicine and I finally went back to sleep for a couple hours. Today I spend the day on the couch in my jammies watching food network and that was about it. I don't feel great but I do feel better than I did last night.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, December 06, 2009 - 5:51 am
Oh War, I'm so sorry. But still, if you're going to get sick, better now than on Christmas Eve - lots of rest & get it out of your system! My big adventure today was to Snoop through the neighbor's garage <gasp>! Yep, I'm Bisc and I'm a bonified Snooper. We've got Arctic freeze barreling our way and it's getting COLD. 30s in daytime, 17-20s at night. Today I had to turn to heat on downstairs to keep pipes from freezing. So I knocked on the skinny house next door (LOVELY quiet renters). When she answered I told her that I noticed they hadn't put the styrofoam covers over the outside faucets. A couple years ago I bought a pair for the elderly man that used to live there and he must have left them (he wouldn't need in his retirement home). She said she had seen them but not sure where in the garage. So I went in and helped her search the garage. I FOUND them up on a shelf, proud that I found so quick! Then, since I had my shoes on, went ahead and unscrewed their hoses and plunked them on for her. I know that his pipes froze before, Northwest corner where all the cold air comes blasting. Think I'm going to pick up some spare Styrofoam covrs next time I go to HomeDepot (only 99cents, last time I was there and dumb me I didn't just snag then). She was apologetic because her garage was messy, but it was NOTHING like the mess still waiting for me in my OWN garage. I think frozen pipes can be really a costly mess to fix. Productive, we swapped phone numbers which will be great in case of emergencies. Now, I can go back to hybernating. Just going to finish reading the latest Evanovich book so can stick in the box of Christmas presents to send to Phoenix.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Sunday, December 06, 2009 - 8:36 am
Biscottii-- Very good deed helping your neighbors. Santa will notice. Sounds to me like you need to mail yourself to Phoenix. High today is in the mid sixties. (Of course, being not used to these harsh conditions, we will all have our coats on.)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, December 06, 2009 - 3:33 pm
Goor job Biscottiii, that was really nice! Wargod feel better!! I have put out all the decorations, ran the dishwasher, am getting ready to hang the lights, and then I am making a roast chicken for dinner, yum!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, December 06, 2009 - 4:30 pm
Lights are up!! Skirt around the tree, I did a little "fluffing" the tree, it looks better now. Just need to wrap some presents and it will look great.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, December 06, 2009 - 10:06 pm
Bisc, that was so nice of you! Frozen pipes can be a disaster, much easier to insulate them now (even if it means searching through a bunch of other stuff) than clean up and pay later on. You all have been so busy this weekend. I woke up feeling somewhat better this morning. We'd planned on going to my aunts to help decorate for Christmas so I hopped in the shower and got dressed, big accomplishment, lol, especially since it was after 11 when I got up! We went over and Darren and bil put up the outside lights. Sis and I rearranged some stuff in the living room and set out things like the nativity set and Christmas village, hung the wreaths and put out the Santa's and snowmen (it's amazing how many sis has!) The kids hung up stockings and then hung garland up on the fence outside. By then, Darren, bil and the kids were frozen solid and I was feeling beat down so we decided to stop there for today, bil will put up the tree either today or tomorrow and then we'll go back tomorrow for the kids to decorate it. Speaking of the tree, lol! When we finished the garage, we had the five old bikes and the old Christmas tree we were looking to get rid of. Set the bikes and the box with the tree on the side of the house and told Darren if no one took it in a week, I'd call goodwill. Well, bil came over yesterday briefly and asked about them, said he had a buddy who was out of work and things are tight, might be interested. So called the buddy, talked instead to his dad, who said not only did the buddy have two younger kids who could use bikes, but his sister has three younger kids and grandpa would be quite happy to put a little time and money into them for Christmas. Darren dropped the bikes off today and we're quite pleased cuz they went to someone who could use them. Not only that, but sis asked about the tree...it's perfectly fine except was too big for our living room and we were tired of having to move furniture out to make room for it every Christmas...and sis called me a dork, lol. Said bring it over to aunts, she has plenty of room for a big tree. D'oh! I almost did the happy dance, in one afternoon we got rid of several things that had been taking up space in the garage.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 12:09 am
Love the bike story. They were given with love, and grandpa will put more love into them. How can a kid not have fun on them? They are magic.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 12:53 am
War & Darren, the Santa Elves. What a beautiful story about the bikes! I bet Grandpa will have so much fun putting some love into those bikes and it will make a truly special Christmas. Maybe the tree would have fit at your Aunts, but if the family might have to look at buying a tree (not everyone has an artificial tree in storage) I think the trees are rather costly these days. Instead they could use their money to make Christmas dinner. What a sweet story.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 1:11 am
Monday's Mission Christy, it's pretty cool. One of my most memorable, favorite Christmas gifts as a kid (I was about 7 or 8) was a new bike. I didn't know til years later it was second hand and mom and granny had spent a lot of time sanding it, repainting it, and putting on new handle bar grips and a seat and that just made it even better. When bil told me the grandpa was going to take them and fix them up, that was the first thing I thought about and how lucky the kids were grandpa is able to do that for them. Tomorrow is going to be a fairly quiet day I think. I'm planning on cleaning my bedroom and doing laundry, that was the one room I skipped when doing my before Christmas decoration cleaning. Then on to my aunts for the kids to decorate the tree. Oh and I should plan out my menu for the week, thinking lots of crock pot meals and roasts, it's supposed to be cold all week.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 1:23 am
Ack, missed your post Bisc. Thanks! They didn't need the tree, but aunt kinda did. Sis and bil usually put up a live tree, but with aunts copd she can't have that at the house so last year they put up the 4 foot artifical tree we'd bought for aunt the year before. They'd been trying to decide what to do for this year and had pretty much settled on using the little one and buying a larger one after Christmas when they're on sale. Now they don't have to worry about it because the bigger one we had will fit aunts living room.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 5:15 am
Guess I misunderstood, thought you had already given the tree away with the bikes. But fantastic that you can use the bigger tree instead at your Aunt's. That will be just perfect for everyone! Also gives room for lots MORE ornaments!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 10:33 am
Oy, at this point, there may be NO tree big or small! She's driving my sis crazy and driving me crazy over the phone and it's just 9am! Here's the story, Wednesday we took her over to look at the lift chairs...they are the recliners that have a little remote control attached, they lift up and down and tilt forward and back for people who have difficulty standing or sitting on their own. To be fair, I wasn't sure about this chair before I saw it and after I saw aunt use the one in the store, I became convinced this was a bad idea. I can see the chairs being a great thing for someone with hip, knee, or even back problems, but aunt has too many issues with steady-ness. When she tested it out, she had the thing lifted as high as it would go and tilted far as far as it would tilt and was still bent almost in half at the waist. It's my feeling she's going to fall face first out of it and pretty soon. Sis and I both tried to talk her out of it, but she insisted. Not to mention I can't even plug the vacuum in and turn it on without blowing a fuse, so I'm guessing we'll have problems with that. She went ahead and bought it and it'll be delivered early this week sometimes. So then she said since she was getting the new chair, her companion should also get a new recliner and sis and bil spent most of Saturday searching for one that would match hers. They finally found one, took it home and rearranged the living room, including moving out an armchair. The original plan was that once aunts lift chair is delivered, the couch would go as well. There's really not going to be room for the two recliners, the couch, the fish tank, etc. There's a little bench for company to sit on so it would have worked, but then she decided she didn't want to get rid of the couch. We're already struggling with how to fit the couch and two recliners, plus all the other furniture. But, if we squish things in and get rid of an end table, we might be able to do it. Part of what I did yesterday was move stuff around to clear out room next to the tv (big screen to give an idea of the size) for the tree. This morning she told sis she wants the first armchair brought back in (for the dog!,) she's not getting rid of the end table, and oh the tree is going to look so lovely. And both calling me to fill me in on the new plans. I totally agree with sis (ain't no way all of that furniture, let alone the tree, will fit in the living room) but aunt is insistent she's keeping it all. I'm not sure what the heck we're going to do. It's getting to the point (and certainly will be if she keeps all this furniture) where it's unsafe for her cuz she won't have room to walk through the house. I've got to go over later and try to talk some sense into her. She's got a severe case of pack rat-itis (bad enough that I once took over my craft tables to use for a holiday meal and she flat out told me she was keeping them and I flat out told her no she wasn't cuz first of all I use them and second she had no room for them!) And it's only 9:30!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 10:51 am
Good luck with the furniture Wargod, you might not have any luck until it all gets in the room and she sees it won't work and even then you may have to insist, LOL. I made a lovely roast chicken, I was looking at the recipe and apparently its a julia child recipe! It turned out really good, tonight I will strip all the remaining meat off the bone and figure out something to do with it. It felt like I was busy all day but I don't have that much to show for it, LOL. I did unload the dishwasher and clean up the kitchen. I forgot I have been meaning to change the sheets on the bed, so will do that tonight, just remembered this morning, LOL. Everyone keep warm!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 11:40 am
Don't you hate days like that Dipo, where ya know you've been busy but it doesn't look like it? I'm flitting here and there this morning. Sorted the laundry in my room and have the baskets on the bed waiting to go in. I have my sheets in the washer right now. Cleaned off the cold junk (meds, tissue, trash bag) from the nightstand and straightened up a little. When I went to start the load of laundry I straightened up the laundry room and threw some trash away. Also took out some steaks for dinner. Actually that's about all I've done so far. I got distracted looking for my dustpan, which I'm guessing I left at my aunts the other day. Oh, shoot, should also wash my mop head, though with the rain and nasty weather we're getting this week I probably won't do much mopping til the end of the week.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 2:39 pm
Well, the lift chair was delivered. I don't know what the final outcome was but last phone call with sis she sounded happy and they were getting ready to put the tree up. I'll have to see when I get there later how it's going. Also on a good for me, saves me some time note, yesterday I blew a fuse at aunt's vacuuming (as usual) and when we got the power back on her oxygen machine wouldn't work. Couldn't get ahold of the oxygen people (going to have to ask them about that too since they are supposed to be available 24/7 for emergency help) so she had to use her portable tanks all night. Guy showed up this morning and exchanged the machine, but he also took the empty canisters and left full ones, plus left new tubing, a humidifier bottle and a couple filters. I'd been planning on running the empties to the place when I took the kidlets over to decorate so that saves me a trip. I've been doing more flitting. Have one load of laundry in the washer, my sheets are just finishing in the dryer. Bedroom is mostly clean except for the bed and the last load of laundry. Kitchen is mostly clean except for a couple pans that are soaking. Phones been ringing off the hook today too which is kinda strange.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 11:54 pm
Argh, lost a post. I got the sheets changed on the bed and put away laundry. Also finished up the dishes in the kitchen and swept the floor. Which brings me to a gripe. While sweeping the driveway the other day, I forgot the broom leaning against the truck. And Darren totally missed it so when he drove off, he ran right over it. I love my mop, the handle is metal and it's long and so easy to use. Except now it's completely flat right in the middle. I thought, no biggie, it's just flat, it'll be fine. Uh huh, one sweep and the handle bent right in half and broke, lol. Should have seen me all stooped over with a two foot broom trying to sweep the kitchen! I must have looked ridiculous. Told sis with the weather as bad as it was I wasn't coming over today. The wind shield wipers in my car suck badly and need to be replaced. Not really a problem postponing going over, she'd forgotten oldest niece had tutoring after school and wouldn't be home til late so she wouldn't have much time to decorate. That was about it for today, me and Dakota worked on some polymer clay ornaments, I'm a wee bit jealous, I have to use cookie cutters to get anything decent looking out of clay, she does it freehand and does it better than me! She's really getting good at it.
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