Good morning everybody! 😀

Hi Diane 🙂
WTG! on getting outside work done!. 😀
Big (((HUGS))) for facing the end of life issues with your Father.

Hi Roxie 🙂
That is GREAT! news about the new doctor being able to take you on as a patient! 😀
Whatever the test results are you can now get them under control. 🙂

Hi Dianne 🙂
Love reading how you are taking a stand and insisting that you get the services you deserve!
No more Mrs. Nice Guy. ;D

Hi Karl 🙂
WAY TO GO! for all you have accomplished! 😀
Wonderful about getting that credit card paid off! 😀

Hi Jess 🙂
Welcome to the message board! 😀
WAY TO GO! making daily plans and getting stuff done. 😉

Hi to all you who read and haven't posted! 😀

Well, been a busy two days for me.
Tuesday I was going to tidy up the kitchen but there weren't enough dishes to bother with washing...
So I make some chocolate butter cookies with the cookie press. 😀
Then I washed dishes & wiped down the kitchen.
Wednesday I really needed to get the front lawn raked because all that heavy debris from the tree cutting down was smothering the grass.
Got the grass all raked clean and then just kept raking all around in my little yard/garden/oasis/sanctuary area.
Was so much fun being outside in the fresh air & sunshine with all five cats out there playing around. 😀
Really over did..
Had cramps in my legs during the night. LOL 😀
Today I have two loads of laundry hanging out on the line.
Weather report said it will be cloudy & windy today but no chance of rain.
Planning to sit, watch Netflix and do some sewing today.
When the wash is dry I will bring it in, fold it and put it away.

😀

Okay so by the time I got everything sorted and I stripped the bedding I realized I work at noon today instead of 4 and I don't have time to wash it before work. Tried not to panic. Made a phone call I've been putting off about schedule a service appointment for my car. Felt a little better.

Good morning everyone! Glad to see everyone taking steps to get things done.

We are putting in an offer on that house today, though I'm trying not to get attached. If we can't agree on a bit of a longshot price it's not going to happen. The seller is flipping the house and asking way more than it seems he put into, so we'll see what he's willing to take. This is still all new to us, as we've never owned before, but I'm proud of my husband and me for the research we've done.

I got up early to tackle that laundry. I think it's unhealthy to marathon clean like I always do so I'm going to do three loads and put them away before the other stuff is done. Then I'm going to make myself tell you guys if I don't actually do it. I'm much more of a planner than a doer if you know what I mean.

I spent some time cleaning paper-junk out of a previously untouched corner of the computer room, while listening to an audiobook. I also scheduled a doctor appointment, made weekend plans, and got my credit card paid off -- actually, it looks like I overpaid by mistake; oops.

I did a quick check of the new chat room. If someone wants to try it out Thursday afternoon or evening, I could probably arrange to be around and either do a buddy-system cleaning session or provide more details of my life situation.

Hi, all. Days just slip by me. Sorry. On Monday I called out to my old doctor since I'm down to 12 pills with no refills. They indicated that the new doctor I'd contacted (2 minutes from me instead of 40) had approved me. I had not heard from them. I filled up the garbage bin and wheeled it down to the street. I missed last week.

Sorry to rattle on. It is good to read all your updates. Proud of you all!

Tillie, glad it was computer and not your health.
Today I got more dishes done, started a pot of soup, still have to take meat off chicken I boiled.
Washed outside of bedroom windows then put plastic over them. Did vacuum living room and part of kitchen cleaned. Took more stuff off deck and put in shed, like a big umbrella and chaise pads. Washed some wool in hot water to shrink it for felting, turned out good. Supposed to be heavy winds tomorrow, so was good to get plastic on windows today. Hopefully will get more cleaning done tomorrow.

HI 😀
Was offline because the little blinky light box was malfunctioning and he finally got it to work but now it's late and I am tired.
Looking forward to "seeing" you all tomorrow morning! 😀

Decisions can be tough and spin us in circles. But you made 3 decisions ~ shower, get ready, go to store ~ that's really good.

House hunting can be fun. Enjoy!!

I have to be ready in a couple hours to go check out a house my husband and I might be interested in buying. We're in an apartment right now. I'm stuck, as usual, trying to decide what to do first. I wish I had done my laundry yesterday and that keeps nagging at me. I don't have time to do it all before we have to leave and I have a really hard time starting things like that without being able to finish. That's why I tend to not start.

My husband likes to do things spontaneously which is sometimes a trial for me. We don't have to leave until four but he said he may pop out of work around 2:30. That keeps nagging at me too, wondering when he'll show up and if he'll interrupt what I'm doing to leave early.

The thought of doing only one load of laundry makes my head hurt. I don't like to put clean laundry away without reorganizing all of my drawers and I "can't do" that without having all the laundry clean. But if I don't try to get some done today I probably won't do any and I'll feel really awful about that too. Sigh.

But okay, I'm going to make myself shower and get ready and run to the store for the flashlight I need. Maybe by then I'll know his plans and I can at the very least sort the laundry.

Having a plumber come today for some repairs. He's been here many times before and is good so I feel no stress with him in the house.

Hope everybody has a good day!

I didn't get the laundry done last night after all; I discovered that there were a couple of items not in the basket yet, and I need to find out what happened to them.

Tuesday chat is on right now. I'm in the new chat area, not the old one.

I got a lot of laundry done today at my daughter's. Took a load of books to storage and another load to the community college with a Free sign. I got 2 bags of clothes and stuffed animals to the Interfaith Center where everything is given for free.

One of my brothers emailed to see if I needed any help moving heavy stuff again. He's coming over on Saturday. Not sure what I'll have ready but knowing there's that deadline to meet I want to make it worthwhile.

{{{{HUGS}}}} to you Diane. It was so hard for you to deal with that phone conversation. One of the things I admire about you is that you face an emotional issue that could be underlying part of your hoard tendencies, feel the pain and work thru it with positive action. Some people just clean the hoard, which is great, but tacking the emotional parts is what makes the changes stick. I'm nowhere near that point but I look to you for inspiration.

The meltdown was internal so Laura didn't have to fear. This morning the anger is back (energy) and I am ready to fight tougher. I made 3 calls this morning and will not wait anymore for them to get back to me. I'm not going to worry about hounding them and that they might make things worse for me. I'll take control of what is actually in my control and stop letting the emotions make me feel so helpless. I'm sick to death of letting other people and situations control my life. The breakdowns (in me) are more frequent now which might be a good thing. It spurs me to action which is a whole lot better than the dead feeling of living in a hoard. I guess I'm waking up.

No, I can't say that I'm dealing with the move with clear thinking. It's true that I'm not getting all emotional and going off into either a sobbing fit or an angry rant, but my usual way of handling unpleasantness is to ignore it, which is hardly any better.

I'm still stuck at one box fully packed and one partial -- I'll make sure that I get that one completed tonight, though. And I'll start the laundry ASAP, since I need to make sure that I get to bed relatively early -- I delayed too long on the bike trip to the landlords' home, so I'll have to get an early start on that tomorrow.

after rereading my last post, I realized a sentence had been lost. After the first part about the leaves, I said I put all the tools on the deck into the garage where they belong. When I read my post without the sentence it sounded like the leaves were in the garage, not so!!!

Dianne, so glad I signed on to read your posts. Life is one challenge after another it seems, sorry you are having so many challenges at once.
Today it was cold but didn't rain, so I went out and cleaned up all the fallen leaves, they get slimey on the rocks after it rains and snows, took a long time, not easy getting them up from gravel, and the wind didn't help! It was so fun being outside, stayed in all day yesterday.The garage where they should be for the winter. Then I brought firewood up onto the deck, supposed to rain/snow next few days and be cold so wanted wood up here. The deck collected stuff that I used and didn't put away. It is a long process getting used to putting things away since for 65 years, I have just left stuff where I used it, then could not find it when needed again.
I spoke on the phone for over an hour this morning with the nurse practitioner that treated my dad and missed the cancer until it was too late. It was a chance meeting a year ago at a wedding that she happened to sit next to me. She said she retired from the town my dad lived in, as we talked, I realized who she was, never met before. I did not tell her at the wedding about my dad. Last week, I finally asked a mutual friend to give her my phone number and say I would like some closure on dads death. She was so helpful and kind. It was so emotional reliving the events. I said I did not blame her at all, just wanted more information. I cried and was emotional the rest of the day, thus the leaf pickup, my therapy is being outside doing menial tasks. I am forgiving myself for not working inside, the phone call was my work for today. Tomorrow will be more productive inside, with rain outside, hooray. So happy we can share all the things going on in our life. Shopping did enter my mind after the phone call, I rationally told myself shopping would not heal the wounds of losing my dad, he would be proud of me for working in the yard instead, thus work in yard and deck.

I am beyond f*****g pissed. I asked for the senior tech who installed the water treatment, instead they sent a kid. He did nothing, told me the *boards* were fried and I had to order new ones. I said I have no idea what you're talking about and why wouldn't you order whatever parts are needed since you are the repairman?

I just do not get why companies that are well rated cannot follow thru anymore on good service. Sometimes I think it must be me trying to be nice and not a bitch demanding that something is fixed then I think no it's just that nobody gives a shit anymore. [/nme]

Heavy physical work, time thrown off is making me feel sluggish today. I don't feel like doing anything. But I have something scheduled everyday this week so it pushes me (but not too much) to get some things done. It's builds to the next thing.

High fives to everybody on pacing themselves, chugging forward and checking in. Karl, I am especially impressed with how you have handled the news of needing to move and dealing with everything with clear thinking. Great job!!

Hello. I just got up so I haven't done anything yet, but I will. Yesterday I was able to bathe and change clothes, then go to the grocery store, which was harder than I'd hoped. Reading below, I laughed because I had a situation at the grocery store where I was picking up some soda to put in the cart, then noticed that nothing in the cart was mine. Worse, a purse and a large wallet were in the cart, and they sure weren't mine. Egad. I flagged down a clerk, who took the cart, found the owner, and came back with mine. How strange. I don't get how women leave their purse or money in the cart. That proved how easy to get away with it if you tried.

Good Monday morning everybody 😀

Hi Dianne 🙂
So wonderful reading about how your new bed is taking good care of you! 😀
WAY TO GO!!!
Getting so much accomplished!!! 😀

Hi Karl 🙂
It was a LOT of fun last night discussing the plans for your party. 😀
Packing up....
have boxes ready
try to pack like things with like or room items together like bathroom, kitchen items.
If you have time or the inclination, write down what is in each box in a notebook and label the boxes.
At this point in time don't over think and complicate the process.
Just get the stuff into the boxes best you can.
Good luck! You CAN do this! 😀

Monday morning,
Still not back to my old self but feeling a lot better than I was.
My spirits are good and I plan to enjoy the day and also get some things accomplished.
Nothing major yet.
We all tend to over do after we have been sick for too long and end up just exhausting ourselves and it then takes even longer to get back on our feet.
I will tidy up the bathroom, do cat stuff, sweep and vacuum the carpet.
The kitchen is good, been keeping it maintained.
So much I want to do, but it will have to wait.

Hope all your plans for today go smoothly for you. 🙂

Last night's chat session went GREAT!
The new chatroom worked like a charm and has a lot of fun features.
Hope to see more people join in there. 😀

Bike reassembly and ride went OK. Monday's plan is now to ride in the opposite direction to deliver the overdue rent check.

For some reason, it took me an hour and a half to compose the text (most of which I already had from a template) announcing my pot luck dinner, games, and housecooling party. I added a note that I don't have a new place yet, and if anyone has a spare room they'd like to rent, I'd be open to discussing it. This might produce something better than I was finding on craigslist.

I thought I was going to get more packing done today, but somehow between the Sunday chat and the email -- OK, and a few Web comics too -- I seem to have run out of awake-time.

My friend couldn't make it yesterday so I ended up doing a lot by myself. Then I babysat til the wee hours and when I went to bed my back was really sore. The new mattress made a huge difference again. Normally I would have been useless for a couple days but I feel pretty good.

Good morning 🙂

I am trying to change the settings on my main clock.
It's one of those digital ones that gets the correct time from a satelite way out in space but I need to find the setting for turning "off" daylight savings time.
Wish I could find the buttons to change all the cat's clock settings too.

Yesterday was a really nice day.
Two different couples came by at different times to visit. 😀

Also went to town to grocery shop.
Only two grocery stores in town any more. 🙁
We went to WallyWorld (walmart) because their prices are better than Safeway.
While leaving the store I noticed a shopping cart in the parking lot with a ladie's purse in the seat area.
I looked around and waited to see if she would come back.
After a while I picked up the purse and took it inside to customer service and told them where I'd found it.
The woman said that they would take care of getting it back to the owner.

It is overcast & rain cloudy here today.
Good day to find interesting indoor activities.

Hope to see you all in chat tonight.
I will log into both chat rooms so I don't miss anybody. 😉

Hi Karl 🙂

Hope you get your bike back together & it all goes smoothly for you. 😉

OK, we can try the new chatroom.
My screen doesn't allow me to see the whole page & I have to scroll up & down but if we can post enough so that the whole screen shows then it would be doable for me.
I found the buttons at the bottom of the page to change the color back ground and that makes it easier to read.

In the separate JAVA thread, I suggested that for this week's chat session, we try using the experimental new chat instead of the old one -- see if it works better, and keep a record of what does not. How does everyone feel about that?

In the input box for your nickname, the default is "Guest", and I think you'll have to backspace over that in order to enter your name, but you won't have to backspace over the text in every line you send.

If your screen is too small to display the entire chat window, you might have to scroll up and down at first, to see what people have said while you were typing; but once we've had about 35 lines of content -- or 18 if you select the large font -- the newest text will be at the bottom anyway, so I think that should work out well enough.

Saturday: Went to social event by bicycle. Someone offered me a ride home, but I had to disassemble part of the bike to fit it into his car.

After I got home, the host emailed me to let me know that I'd left several items behind; I'll have to go back and get them, but first I'll need to see if I can reassemble the bike. Bleagh. At least I'll be able to make the round trip by daylight (if I start out soon enough).

Hi Tillie,
Haha! I very rarely wear high heels. I don't really like wearing high heels that much. The only reason I wore them to the party was because they looked really good with my costume. 🙂

ATTENTION

this is a public service announcement

Remember to turn your clocks back one hour

Thank You 😀

Good morning 😀

Hi Roxie 🙂
WAY TO GO! for getting some stuff done.
Good luck getting a handle on the "just drop it where ever" clutter.
Try to get the most important/urgent winterizing done. Neglecting that can & will cost you more in the long run. 😉

Hi MayMay 🙂
Since I have never had any desire to wear high heals, I never have.
But I have had many a good laugh laughing at my sister every time she fell off her shoes. ;D

Hi Karl 🙂
Wonderful that you found a way to pay the one bill without the extra bank fees! 😀
That's one of the terms of zero percent interest credit cards. One little late payment and they hit you very hard with high rates. 🙁
Happy you have the "Bank of Mom & Dad" to help you out. 🙂

Today the guy that is getting all the wood from the tree will be coming by this morning to start hauling it away.
Other than that I have no idea what the plans are for today.
I need to get some food.
Fridge is really empty right now.
Have my list all made out.
Fed the cats.
Need to freshen their water bowls & scoop their litter boxes.
Right now I will go get dressed & all that.

Busy day! 😀

Karl, it is good to see you assessing and taking care of things like your finances. That is so important to do, as much as cleaning your house. You can also check around for places that might help you with one month's rent or bill payment. Check online and in the phone book. Sometimes utilities, for instance, will space out payments for you.