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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:35 pm
Tuesday's Mission You guys have been super busy! Wanna come do some work at my house??? Lum, I've done the same thing with the towel rack, lol, only it wasn't dizzy, just clumsiness! Thinking today was miscommunication day. Left the house at 9 to go to my aunts. Started off with the bank statements I've been going through, got them all organized and put into a binder for easy reference. Then sis and I went over the Thanksgiving meal, who was coming, what we were having, who was making what, and when we're shopping for it all. Oh, and called the drs office, aunt's appt is tomorrow. No social worker. Aunt took a nap, sis and I discussed Darren's graduation dinner (planning it for January) and I looked through 3 or 4 cookbooks. No social worker. Mopped the floor in the back room and took out the trash, made a couple phone calls. Did bunch of little odd jobs, checked the clock, no social worker. Finally at 2:35 (appointment slip said between 9:45 and 2:30) I told aunt I was leaving. Needed to run home, grab my mail, and then pick Kota up. Got home and Darren was here. I saw the answering machine was blinking at me. Knew when I pushed the button, it was the social worker and sure enough it was, she'd called about 10 minutes after I had left and said no problem on rescheduling, she'd send out a new appointment slip this week. Then she called back to ask if I got the message could I please call to let her know. Never called my aunts though. Little peeved over the whole thing, but whatever. So, nothing done at my house cuz as soon as Darren got home with Kota, sis was dropping the girls off for a couple hours. Tomorrow, dr's appt with my aunt. They're taking off her cast and x-raying her arm. Then they'll decide if she needs a cast on longer or if she's healed enough to go without. I'm expecting that appt to last a couple hours at least. Dakota has a minimum day and I need to run by the bank. Hoping to get home to do some work here but not sure that'll happen.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 9:48 am
Oh, I hope all goes well with your Aunt's cast, it sure doesn't seem like it has been that long, but I bet it does to her. I got through 2 tapes, ran the dishwasher, found a huge ($2,000) problem on my discover bill. Thought someone had gotten a hold of my card, but it turns out my dental procedure was billed twice. Called the doc this morning they are working on it from their end, once I hear back I will call discover. Anyway it was very shocking to see my balance so high when I wasn't expecting it. Tonight I need to do some more laundry, I think I have 2-3 loads yet, and it is going to be bad rain and cold this weekend starting on Friday so I want to get it done. Did a little T-day planning myself, I think my sister and niece will be joining me so I need to do a little more planning than if it was just me, LOL. Also managed to figure out most of what I want to set aside for my flex pay plan this year, I will be getting a little raise since I was putting over $200 per month in it this year to cover the dental stuff my dental insurance wouldn't cover and this year I will probably be at $100 or less per month. Yeah! that is a relief, I have until 12/3 to figure it all out. So today I will call the eye doctor to see what won't be covered in 2011, I don't know if I get frames this year or not.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 10:38 am
Errand days never get anything done at home, War. Heck, once my groceries are in the pantry, fridge and freezer, I put my feet up to enjoy the grilled chicken and potato salad I picked up at the store and forget work for the rest of the day. By the time the kitchen was cleaned up yesterday after dinner, no second wind appeared, so I figured tomorrow is another day. However, since there hasn't been any baking/desserts around this house for a few days, I rolled into the kitchen this morning....bedrooms aren't quite finished yet, but hey, there is a cheese cake settling in the fridge to be finished tonight or tomorrow, a lemon meringue pie cooling on the counter and dessert waiting for husband to serve the main course, hopefully soon. I have never eaten so many desserts as since I have been dx'ed w/ diabetes. Tell me I can't have something, and contrary me just dang well better get some.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 3:08 pm
Done! However, laundry has been postponed to tomorrow. the hamper is so full, the top of the pile has to lean against the wall in order not to topple. I will be running those stairs all day!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 3:28 pm
Cast is off, it's been 7 weeks. Dr said her right arm was healed (that was the tiny fracture) and the left arm is healing. Well enough for the cast to come off and a removable wrist brace to go on. He wants her to do PT, but lets just say things turned ugly then and he eventually fled the room saying he'd see her in six weeks. After all the yelling she did towards me, I'm tempted to wait six weeks before I see her again (really can't, but it's pretty tempting!)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 3:45 pm
LOL, PT is a four letter word to your Aunt, LMAO.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 12:01 am
Wednesday's Mission Heh, no kidding, Dipo. She actually likes pt if all they do is make her sit in a chair and do some stretching exercises, but once they get her up to walk there is something wrong with them and she doesn't like them anymore. Anyways, did some housework when I got home and a couple loads of laundry. Ran by my bank to deposit my check and then by the store to pick up some turtle food. Tomorrow...no errands, no drs, no bank. I plan to stay home and get housework and some more laundry done. I may say screw that and spend time reading my book or doing some beading, lol. The girls are on their last week of practice, they have a tournament this weekend. Manager decided that tomorrow they're going to have a parents vs daughters scrimmage game. I haven't been going to practices much lately, too cold, but I think I'll go to that one to cheer on the girls, lol. Sometimes the coaches (Darren included) or a couple of the parents will get out and act as runners for the girls to tag out or play an outfield position if they're missing several girls and that's always quite funny to watch.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 2:12 am
I had a hair raising day. Dreading it but I got up earlier, spent a few minutes writing out a couple of bills while seriously warming up the truck. Plus a check to mail for Sis in Phx to pick up Big Bro's Christmas present (tobacco is cheaper in Phx) and money for Little Sis' Christmas prime rib roast. Drove up to drop off in the driveby USPS mail box. Warmed up enough (DMV suggested 15 mins on the freeway, but heck in gridlock you can't go any faster than I did on old Hwy 99) giving little truck and me pep talks all the way. Then straight to Emission Control. Looked scared (& I WAS) trying to get it into the wheely rolls and the guy said "do you want me to run the test for you?" Yes, do you mind? I sat in their little warmed booth. DANGED, he did it and it PASSED! I have bad experience with Emissions with my last old '83 Chevy Nova. Spent 18 HOURS in their lines when they changed their tests, which was why the lines were so long, massive money too using the State approved mechanics and still failed another 4 times. It was a nightmare until I took to my OWN mechanic. He said No! Go do the test, fail, keep it running and bring it to me to tweek. Took him 10 minutes and I went running back. They said "You were just here." But, by golly that time I passed. Sold the car before I had to go through that again (it was a 'Classic') but I still have fears of the 2yr Emissions, even if this little truck I bought back after my Mom had her strokes has never failed. Then went to Albertsons (Sis told me she had an 'indoor special' for turkey @ 27cents/lb. All I could find was $1.49lb until tomorrow's ads, but at least I could tell Sis I tried. Up at the checkout, this guy had a small turkey & looking happy, totally different brand than I had found. Asked him, yep 27cents/lb. Asked him 'do you have to buy $25 more in groceries? He didn't know, so we asked the checkout clerk. Yes, it's a great deal. The guy started walking his turkey back, so I asked him if I could have it. 13lbs, sure. So, I have a turk for Christmas. Looked at my shopping cart, I probably had $15 in groceries already. Went looking and found Sis' favorite Coke Classics on sale, so bought a couple of cases (they will be here 3 weeks). Splurged on $4.99lb baby back ribs. Got my turk and feeling happy. Then went to Sam's Club. Bought my much needed milk and orange juice (I find their frozen store brand OJ is less acidic so that's the only place I buy it). Grabbed Tums and toothpaste my Bro likes, plus a 30pack of his favorite beer and hey folks! My Christmas shopping is DONE! Decided not to buy for the nieces and nephews this year (call me Grinch, but they never even acknowledge not so much as a free email). The last present I ordered for Sis should be here any day now. Came home (still have to haul the coke and beer out of the truck tomorrow). Found that by pulling out a big bag of white bread rolls I've had in there forever because I didn't like, I had room to park the turk in my freezer. Yard/kitchen waste tomorrow, but those rolls are already blowing up in size. Well, will deal with that tomorrow. Went on the internet, renewed my license tabs (I wasn't totally mean, I did go ahead with the $5 to keep state parks open) and tabs should be here by the 3-5 business days but I've got a month so I'm covered. Checked the weather. DANG they are predicting snow 50% on Sunday. Whatever, I DON'T drive snow! But at least I can hibernate until Christmas if I have to. (I'm paying Shuttle Express to haul Sis & Bro from the airport, couldn't fit us all in my little truck anyway.) Oh what a relief, today is over!
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 5:56 am
Sounds like you two had a really rough day. War, put up those feet, let Auntie stew for a day or two and read that book. You deserve it!!! After breakfast, I will tackle those laundry piles, no excuses, really, honest, cross my heart - ack!!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 9:43 am
I unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitchen (had some hand washing to do), refilled the water and soda bottles, did a load of laundry, put together my T-day menu, picked up my Turkey, and finalized my flex pay plan. I will be saving $120 a month this year!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:38 am
You all wear me out! I consider it a major accomplishment if I do the necessary loads of laundry and cook a meal. Bonus points for folding!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:51 am
Folding laundry totally sucks, I hate that more than most other housework. Dipo, we do $125 a month for our FSA. Worked out well for us this year. We've got about $40 left on it now (since the beg. of October actually) and that's pretty good for us. Drs, dentist, derm, normal stuff, nothing major (in fact, I think there was only one trip to ER this year!) Heh, of course, we went through 9 and a half months with normal, nothing major stuff and then as soon as there wasn't much left on the FSA Darren had to have $800 worth, out of our pocket, of dental work done. Not complaining, that fsa has come in real handy! I'm taking Lum's advice, feet are up and I haven't done a thing yet today except start a load of laundry.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Wargod, that is how it always happens, LOL.Good for you on taking it easy! I wish there was a way to adjust your contribution every quarter. I thought I did well in planning it out last year but I ran out of money last month. I got smarter this year and used it for all sorts of stuff I didn't realize qualified. I think I have a pretty realistic budget for 2011, so I will contribute $113, which is so much lower than last year, but I don't have any major dental stuff planned this year.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:08 pm
Confess that I too dislike folding laundry. So I cheat. Dump it in my favorite chair in the living room. So before I can watch Survivor or Amazing Race it has to get folded in order to sit to watch. War, I'm happy to see you took Lum's advice. You need a chance to just plain RELAX occasionally.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:20 pm
Thurday's Mission Just think about what you can do with the money you're not paying out in 2011! Savings, fun, a vacation, paying down other bills. Picked Kota up from school today and she complained that her head and throat were hurting. Other than that she seemed fine, no fever, no coughing, not even feeling run down. Came home and changed into her practice clothes and got something to eat and we went to practice for the parents vs daughters scrimmage game. That was just as funny as I thought it'd be. The funniest part was that most of the parents didn't have cleats so when they were running bases they were slipping and falling all over the place. The parents had the edge with their hitting, not even our strongest power hitters could get the balls as far as the parents did. The girls advantage was that they were younger, quicker, and they took full advantage of the third strike rule (if the catcher drops the third strike, batter is free to run to first and if they make it they are safe.) They had a lot of fun. Dakota did catcher for the first two innings and then told the other girls someone else would have to do it, her energy was fading fast. By the end of practice, all she wanted to do was come home and lay down. Sure enough, by bedtime, she was running a fever, coughing, and miserable. Came on a little quicker than I expected. So think plans for tomorrow will be getting her into urgent care.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:23 pm
Bisc, that's a very good idea with the laundry! I pawn that chore off on the kids every chance I get, but when I'm doing laundry during the school day I really can't wait til they get home or they'd have 4 or 5 loads to do, lol. I did have a very relaxing morning and afternoon. Even got to curl up on the couch with my book for a couple hours.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 6:49 am
Yay for some relaxing, War. It sure doesn't happen often from what I read here. Did 5 loads of laundry yesterday. Another 5 to go, but these will be small "special" loads. First thing is first, though. Later this morning, Molly will get rid of her staples from the spay. We wanted to take her to the dog park after, but it just started snowing like crazy, so that treat may have to be postponed. Last week, we skipped the grocery trip, so the fridge is getting a bit bare. Maybe we can do at least some of the shopping after the vet's.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 11:25 am
I have Kota a dr appt in about half an hour. She jumped from the I don't feel so good stage to flat out sick stage in a matter of a couple hours, strange for her. She completely skipped the grumpy stage! Anyways, the drs office is going to squeeze her in, though they warned it could be an hour or two. Figured as much when I called, there's something with our insurance and they can't just send us to urgent care anymore if the ped office is open, so they have to get her in today. I did make a quick run to the store for tylenol and mucinex and juice. Neighbor lady was out doing some yardwork and I asked her to keep an ear on Kota while I was gone. That's been my accomplishments today and at this point I'm not counting on getting much else done.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 12:17 pm
I am looking forward to what I can do with the money, I have been also working on "decluttering" my financial life and I am 6 months or less from having rid myself of two credit card bills that are hold-overs from when I was bad, LOL. I had a theory for a period of time that it didn't matter how much I owed because when I died no-one would be responsible for the debt. Anyway, with the flex pay savings and those payments I will probably be able to sock away a lot more money to my retirement so maybe I can go ahead and retire at 60 or 62 instead 70 like my 401k planner says, LOL. Last night I managed to get through a pretty big tape, did a little putzing around the house, need to do a load of laundry tonight, bring in the balcony cushions (we are supposed to get rain tomorrow and for the weekend), sweep the leaves and see if I can get rid of anything else in the fridge.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 1:11 pm
Drs office was amazingly quick. We set there about 20 minutes and they called her back to do her vitals and a rapid strep test, then sent us back to the waiting room. About 5 minutes later called us back to an exam room and the dr was in maybe 5 minutes after that. Strep test had already turned positive and she has a sinus infection on top of it. Unfortunately, she has a softball tournament this weekend. Dr said after 24 hours on the antibiotic she won't be contagious anymore and she can play, but it will depend on how she's feeling. LOL Dipo, you sound like me. I get a lot more excited these days about the possibility of paying off a bill or putting money in savings than anything else! It's wonderful that you have 6 months or so to pay off those cc bills!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 11:34 pm
Friday's Mission Really don't know what my plans are for tomorrow. I do have a few errands to run, but probably won't get to those.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Friday, November 19, 2010 - 9:41 am
We did most of our shopping after the vet's, well, the *needed* stuff anyway. It was snowing w/ wind gusts in the 40-60 km/h range. And that did it. After lunch, I hit the couch and buh-bye. This morning hasn't seen much action yet either, dishwasher is empty. As a matter of fact I am still in my jammies and seriously debating whether or not to bother dressing today at all. War, how's Kota feeling today? Poor thing! She doesn't get a break often, does she?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 19, 2010 - 10:18 am
Grumpy, lol. She feels well enough not to spend the whole day sleeping like yesterday, but not well enough to really do anything. Bad combination. Fever is more down than up today, but she's got the sinus headache, her nose is pretty raw from blowing it, and her throat hurts bad enough she can't really eat anything solid. About the only positive things...her ears were clear and her lungs sounded great. She has a bit of a cough but that's the sinus crap, not her asthma. Believe it or not, health-wise we have an easier time with her these days than when she was little! I still have nightmares about the year (maybe 1st or 2nd grade?) where she missed several days of school for pink eye, went back to school and was sent home a a week or two later and missed a week with strep, was back in school for maybe a week and a half when she came down with a sinus infection, and then a couple weeks later we ended up in ER for breathing treatments when she had an upper respitory infection! That was horrible. Ack on the snow! It's only November!! I'd call it a day after being out in that too. We've had 4 or 5 days where the weather has been beautiful here, but today is kinda nasty, windy, overcast, and cool. Since I can't take Kota out in public today, I'm going to spend the day cleaning and fooling around on the computer. Either today or one day this weekend, I'm going to do a full house cleaning. Everyone will be home next week and I'd rather not spend much time cleaning then.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 11:27 pm
Monday's Mission We didn't do a whole lot this weekend. Dakota was still feeling lousy enough Friday night that we called her manager and told him she wouldn't be playing in the tournament Saturday. The team played the first game and then the rest of the games were cancelled because of the rain both yesterday afternoon and all of them today. The weather has been absolutely terrible. High, substained winds, cold, and tons of rain. Even had hail for a while. Between Kota feeling lousy and the weather, that pretty much kept us indoors most of the weekend. Tomorrow I'm planning on the grocery shopping trip for Thanksgiving with sis. She picked up most of what she needed, but we still need to get turkeys and all the stuff for appetizers I need. The girls game has been rescheduled for tomorrow late afternoon, Dakota is feeling well enough to play now, but it is going to depend on the weather. If it's too nasty, she will not be out there.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Monday, November 22, 2010 - 7:36 am
Finished the week with most intended done. Sweater now needs to be blocked. Dil brought a hat that I did for her a couple of years ago to have it "elongated", so that as well as that that second round of laundry are on today's agenda. I am so late on the Christmas baking, might start on that later this week while I wait for the yarn for ds's sweater to arrive. No rest for the wicked! Are y'all baking lots for the holidays or am I the only nut?
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