What's everybody doing today?

[zannej]

What are " push notifications"? I keep getting popup for them.

Its where the site sends you email when you get a notification. Someone Pm's you or responds to you.

It's worse than sending you e-mail-- it will create a popup box whenever you are online to send a message to you in your browser to tell you someone has liked your post or replied to a post you're following. I mistakenly clicked "yes" on it & it started giving me popups so I disabled it. I still get e-mails though. I don't mind too much since it's easy to delete e-mails, but popups bug me. You can be browsing the internet with this site closed and get a popup.

Drove up to Abq and went to a gold expo "thing". Lots of gold mining stuff. Hitting up Amish Heart tomorrow for some chickens.

Abq = Albuquerque? My sister lives there & you should hear the Panasonic phone try to pronounce it. It's hilarious. It pronounces NM as Nimh. I keep saying "The Secret of Nimh?" LOL.
Turned out the part on my friend's vehicle that he thought was broken wasn't the part that was broken & it's a worse problem. Someone tried to weld something to the transmission & there's a loose bolt in there. He's not sure if the tranny is damaged or not but it seems to work fine. Power steering belt slipped again & shredded, busting his O2 sensor (or so he thought that was what did it). It severed the wire. He called me to ask me to come hang out with him to make sure the car didn't fall on him (he had a car fall on him before). His mother had called about something afterward and pointed out that I can't be out in the sun due to meds I take so she came over too. There was a bolt that wouldn't come loose and my friend is very strong but couldn't get it. While he was looking for a cheater bar, his mom managed to loosen it. She's a skinny meth-head but she's strong. She cleaned up his yard (picking up spilled tools etc) while I stayed with him & handed him stuff. He had to use my swiss army knife & my flashlight a few times. I picked up a new collapsible magnet stick (mine disappeared on me) & it came in handy. A bolt got away from him way down and I used the stick to retrieve it. Took about 4 hours & he was 3 hours late for work, but he got the sensor & belt replaced. I made a few runs to the auto stores to grab stuff for him. I didn't leave until I knew for certain his car would start and make it out of the driveway. My mother called me & I didn't hear it, but he heard it so he told me "Your phone is ringing." Pulled it out and saw missed calls. She wanted food from Burger King when we were done with the car.
He got the car running, motor seemed to not be moving side to side, but I thought it was still moving a bit more than I would have liked-- not sure if that is normal for a Mitsubishi. I saw him off and let him pass me so I could see him go, got food, & made it home. Fed mom & took a nap. I started having an anxiety dream about his car breaking down and woke abruptly. Messaged him to see how it was going and his car had just broken down again. Belt is in place, but error message said it was the O2 sensor. It's under warranty so if the sensor itself is bad it can be replaced, but I wonder what caused it (it's an 06 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT hatchback w/ manual transmission).
The upside of his day is that he found a really nice 150piece socket/tool set for half price because whoever stocked the store put them in the wrong spot & the store had to honor the price that was with them. I wonder if they've moved them yet or put the correct price on them.
I'm going to need to go to Samsclub soon and pick up more water. Can't drink the tap water out here and our filters keep getting broken. Right now I'm trying to get myself rested-- curled up with a few of my cats. They can be royal pains at times, but they make me feel better. One of them woke me up when I was having a heart attack-- slapped my face & yowled at me until I sat up and took some meds. He wouldn't let me go back to sleep until the chest pains stopped.
I'm hoping my friend will have better luck with his vehicle tomorrow, but he has to go into work early to make up for the hours he missed.
I'm also hoping that I'll be feeling better than I was today & the night before so I can be more productive.

 

[Peanut]

I sure will @Sewingcreations15. It's a curse for farmers... all those days in the sun. My grandfather had skin cancer on an ear and my dad had moles removed twice. That's the reason I noticed this one. I

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Good for you @Peanut and obviously you all have a family history of it through working on the land and in the sun.

DH told me he didn't need to bother about sunscreen as he has a blackfoot Indian heritage in his family and had olive skin. Well he sound found out he is not immune from skin cancers either. He does wear long sleeved cotton shirts and long trousers out in the sun but as the doctor pointed out to him he still needs to put on sunscreen under the shirt as the UV rays still penetrate through the shirt.

I am a redhead so I just pour a bottle of the stuff over me before going out in the sun but did spend a lot of my childhood on beaches and in the sun. That was before the slip slop slap sunscreen warning days. They have told me I have to have a second lot of Efudix on my face this winter too. I also have one suspected skin cancer on one arm they are going to cut out and analyse shortly too.

 

[Amish Heart]

Going to Lowes to get more shower tile for tomorrow. I live at Lowes. Will be showing lots of chickens to Terri to see what she needs. Hoping she has cute puppy with her. Kids and grandkids swarming the place late afternoon. Cooking lots of food. No workers today. The house has inches of dust everywhere.

 

[Meerkat]

Good for you @Peanut and obviously you all have a family history of it through working on the land and in the sun.

DH told me he didn't need to bother about sunscreen as he has a blackfoot Indian heritage in his family and had olive skin. Well he sound found out he is not immune from skin cancers either. He does wear long sleeved cotton shirts and long trousers out in the sun but as the doctor pointed out to him he still needs to put on sunscreen under the shirt as the UV rays still penetrate through the shirt.

I am a redhead so I just pour a bottle of the stuff over me before going out in the sun but did spend a lot of my childhood on beaches and in the sun. That was before the slip slop slap sunscreen warning days. They have told me I have to have a second lot of Efudix on my face this winter too. I also have one suspected skin cancer on one arm they are going to cut out and analyse shortly too.

It's worse than sending you e-mail-- it will create a popup box whenever you are online to send a message to you in your browser to tell you someone has liked your post or replied to a post you're following. I mistakenly clicked "yes" on it & it started giving me popups so I disabled it. I still get e-mails though. I don't mind too much since it's easy to delete e-mails, but popups bug me. You can be browsing the internet with this site closed and get a popup.

Abq = Albuquerque? My sister lives there & you should hear the Panasonic phone try to pronounce it. It's hilarious. It pronounces NM as Nimh. I keep saying "The Secret of Nimh?" LOL.
Turned out the part on my friend's vehicle that he thought was broken wasn't the part that was broken & it's a worse problem. Someone tried to weld something to the transmission & there's a loose bolt in there. He's not sure if the tranny is damaged or not but it seems to work fine. Power steering belt slipped again & shredded, busting his O2 sensor (or so he thought that was what did it). It severed the wire. He called me to ask me to come hang out with him to make sure the car didn't fall on him (he had a car fall on him before). His mother had called about something afterward and pointed out that I can't be out in the sun due to meds I take so she came over too. There was a bolt that wouldn't come loose and my friend is very strong but couldn't get it. While he was looking for a cheater bar, his mom managed to loosen it. She's a skinny meth-head but she's strong. She cleaned up his yard (picking up spilled tools etc) while I stayed with him & handed him stuff. He had to use my swiss army knife & my flashlight a few times. I picked up a new collapsible magnet stick (mine disappeared on me) & it came in handy. A bolt got away from him way down and I used the stick to retrieve it. Took about 4 hours & he was 3 hours late for work, but he got the sensor & belt replaced. I made a few runs to the auto stores to grab stuff for him. I didn't leave until I knew for certain his car would start and make it out of the driveway. My mother called me & I didn't hear it, but he heard it so he told me "Your phone is ringing." Pulled it out and saw missed calls. She wanted food from Burger King when we were done with the car.
He got the car running, motor seemed to not be moving side to side, but I thought it was still moving a bit more than I would have liked-- not sure if that is normal for a Mitsubishi. I saw him off and let him pass me so I could see him go, got food, & made it home. Fed mom & took a nap. I started having an anxiety dream about his car breaking down and woke abruptly. Messaged him to see how it was going and his car had just broken down again. Belt is in place, but error message said it was the O2 sensor. It's under warranty so if the sensor itself is bad it can be replaced, but I wonder what caused it (it's an 06 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT hatchback w/ manual transmission).
The upside of his day is that he found a really nice 150piece socket/tool set for half price because whoever stocked the store put them in the wrong spot & the store had to honor the price that was with them. I wonder if they've moved them yet or put the correct price on them.
I'm going to need to go to Samsclub soon and pick up more water. Can't drink the tap water out here and our filters keep getting broken. Right now I'm trying to get myself rested-- curled up with a few of my cats. They can be royal pains at times, but they make me feel better. One of them woke me up when I was having a heart attack-- slapped my face & yowled at me until I sat up and took some meds. He wouldn't let me go back to sleep until the chest pains stopped.
I'm hoping my friend will have better luck with his vehicle tomorrow, but he has to go into work early to make up for the hours he missed.
I'm also hoping that I'll be feeling better than I was today & the night before so I can be more productive.

Zanne hope you feel better soon .

Good for you @Peanut and obviously you all have a family history of it through working on the land and in the sun.

DH told me he didn't need to bother about sunscreen as he has a blackfoot Indian heritage in his family and had olive skin. Well he sound found out he is not immune from skin cancers either. He does wear long sleeved cotton shirts and long trousers out in the sun but as the doctor pointed out to him he still needs to put on sunscreen under the shirt as the UV rays still penetrate through the shirt.

I am a redhead so I just pour a bottle of the stuff over me before going out in the sun but did spend a lot of my childhood on beaches and in the sun. That was before the slip slop slap sunscreen warning days. They have told me I have to have a second lot of Efudix on my face this winter too. I also have one suspected skin cancer on one arm they are going to cut out and analyse shortly too.

curse of the paleface, I've had them removed for decades.

 

[phideaux]

Spring soon.
Reset your clock soon.
Flowers blooming.
Trees budding.

Have a great day.

Jim

 

[Meerkat]

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Spring soon.
Reset your clock soon.
Flowers blooming.
Trees budding.

Have a great day.

Jim

And same to you and hoping your day is a great one.

So far mine has been good since I got my first 6 hours un-interupted nights sleep since surgery 2 weeks ago tomorrow.. I will try to do my 3 minute walk or even 5 minutes if I fell lucky today.
I had to cut the Plavix in half ,couldn't take the side effcts anymor

Will plant some watermellon in hugelkulture pile today,hopfully.


Seems my laptop is malfunctioning.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Had grand daughter again today.
My day with her started at 0645 hours, when I picked her dad up to take him to work.
This is normally my cooking day, didn't get as much done as normal, but got some done.
We fixed scrambled eggs with thinly sliced mushrooms, diced mini sweet peppers (red, yellow,orange), and green bell pepper, diced tomatoes, diced ham baked in muffin tins.
Some of our scrambled eggs were fixed with hash browns in the bottom of the muffin tins, some without the hash browns.
Got 2 dozen muffins in the freezer for future breakfasts.
Will be making baked spaghetti casserole muffins tomorrow for future lunches.
Recently did inventory of one pantry cabinet, have an abundance of some things.
Still doing pantry and freezer cooking challenge.
Will be making up some granola soon.
Might try a batch with fig pieces in it.
Seems I have 8- 2 pound bags of them.
Will have to get creative with meals.
Will be making up March menus up tomorrow after I have rested from having grand daughter today.
Plus I need to do dishes. Later.
Knee is elevated, iced.

 

[zannej]

Thanks, Meerkat. I'm tired, but feeling better. Stomach isn't bothering me as much today. I really need to lose some weight because I'm certain the fat is contributing to my fatigue & getting winded. I need to get my sleep schedule sorted out. I will be awake at 3am but sleep from 5am to 3pm.
I went to the grocery store and grabbed a few things. Been talking to my friend to plan his bathroom reno. Bout to take another nap bc I can't keep my eyes open.

 

[Meerkat]

Thanks, Meerkat. I'm tired, but feeling better. Stomach isn't bothering me as much today. I really need to lose some weight because I'm certain the fat is contributing to my fatigue & getting winded. I need to get my sleep schedule sorted out. I will be awake at 3am but sleep from 5am to 3pm.
I went to the grocery store and grabbed a few things. Been talking to my friend to plan his bathroom reno. Bout to take another nap bc I can't keep my eyes open.

Seems this has been a trying couple months for many of us here Zane,so maybe its time to get better.

 

[Amish Heart]

Went to Lowes for my tile. Hoping the guys will at least get the tiling done tomorrow, and the grouting done the next day, and then we'll have a shower. Visited with Terri and husband, and sold them some chickens. Had a houseful for dinner and am recovering from all the grandkids.

 

[phideaux]

Sounds like everybody had a decent to good day.

Me too.

Raining like crazy now....will be all night and tomorrow.

I'm tired..

Jim

 

[Peanut]

A cousin came to sit with dad about 8 this morning.... I was beat. The last time I looked at the clock it was 4:30am. A nurse woke us up at 07:15. I can't keep going on 3hrs sleep a night.

I had to wait until 11am for the big electronics box store to open in the big town. I had more questions about the laptop computer I bought last night. Turns out it was a wasted couple of hours... I just misunderstood a couple of things the sales kid had said.

I got home just after 12noon. This afternoon I dosed in my chair and watched the nascar race on tv, too tired to do anything else.

Hopefully I can get a decent 8hrs of sleep tonight. Have to be back to stay with dad tomorrow night...

 

[Terri9630]

If I don't clean it, it doesn't get cleaned.

Going to Lowes to get more shower tile for tomorrow. I live at Lowes. Will be showing lots of chickens to Terri to see what she needs. Hoping she has cute puppy with her. Kids and grandkids swarming the place late afternoon. Cooking lots of food. No workers today. The house has inches of dust everywhere.

The pup grabbed my leg and held on for dear life. I think she missed me. The kid barely noticed we were home...

 

[zannej]

Aww. Pets tend to have the best reactions when I get back from a trip. They definitely miss me, but they all swarm at once and want to be held & cuddled. I've got one in particular who is a shoulder cat and jumps on or climbs up me to get on my shoulder.
I made stroganoff for dinner-- I think they changed the recipe for the noodles because even though I haven't changed the amount of water or cooking time, the noodles are gummy instead of soft & I don't know why.
Talked to my friend a bit-- a co-worker has a car that supposedly works for sale for cheap & he wants me to go with him to look at it. If I get even the slightest bad vibe about it, he won't get it. He trusts my instincts on it bc I had bad vibes about things he bought and regretted. I had a really bad vibe about his first S10-- kept worrying he'd get in an accident & he did. Not his fault though- mechanic who did work on it forgot to put the pin back in the tie rod so it wasn't secured. It came loose & truck flipped & rolled 7 times. He wanted another S10 but I advised him against it. He got it & tie rod came loose, but he didn't crash. He got out & walked away & never drove it again. My bro didn't listen to me about his lemon of a truck either & it turned out to be one big money sink that never ran properly. I think he got maybe 1 week of use out of it before it was toast. I found him a better truck & loaned him the $ to get it & he loves that truck.
Speaking of my brother, he talked to HR and was told he can still transfer because he has under 9 "points" & they are still working on removing the points they gave him erroneously when he was sent home bc they had too many people on staff. But, he thinks the position he wanted has closed. He was told if he "points out" and gets fired, he can't reapply for 6 months but if he puts in 2 weeks notice, it clears all his points and he can sign up again immediately. He'll lose all of his benefits & have to be on a probation period though. The casino started a new policy where they give vouchers for the restaurants inside for people who buy some special thing but they didn't tell the restaurants about it so they weren't prepared for the influx of customers there for free food & they got slammed.
Tomorrow I'm going to go visit my friend when he finishes work so we can hang out and try to cheer him up.
His fiance has found some friends who have kids that she can hang out with & who are giving her advice and moral support with her pregnancy. She's not wanting to spend as much time with me because I'm not in to the baby stuff & I have no desire to hold or even be around infants or children. She was insisting to my mother that once I see her baby and hold it that my opinion will change. I held a baby once. Once. Never had the urge to do it again. Kids & babies are fine for people that like them but it's just not my thing. I do love animals though. Baby goats, miniature cows, full size hogs, elephants, tigers, etc-- they are adorable to me.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Kitchen is finally cleaned from my escapades with the grand daughter this weekend.
Got the dishes washed up.
Found 12 sets of toy dishes out of my toy Hoosier cabinet in the dish water that the grand daughter ate out of this weekend.
They're now washed up too.
Cabinets are all wiped down.
All little sticky hand prints have been removed for the week.
Just got to steam mop the bathroom floor.
And the kitchen floor will get steamed mopped too.
Will spend part of the afternoon putting toy dishes back into the Hoosier toy cabinet.
Rearranging all the pots and pans (toys)she cooked in this weekend.
Can't find several of the miniature potholders or hot pads, so will be sewing up more of those.
Usually take a spare quilt block trim to size for the toy kitchen cabinets, bat it,back it, bind it.
Try to have extras of those, but can't find the extras either.
Resting.
Strawberry is sacked out on love seat snoring.
Her happy butt is dragging so much didn't think she was ever going outside this morning to take of her business.
But she finally did, climbed right back on love seat, heaved a big sigh, went back to sleep.
Everybody have a good day.
Rereading all the forums too.

 

[Amish Heart]

Aww, Terri. It's good to be missed. At least she didn't growl at you. Looking forward to meeting her sometime.
Went to Sams this morning for a cartful of fresh stuff. Noticed a guy filling up his pick up with tp, chlorox bleach. Ha. Husband just left to the tire place to find out why his check tire light keeps coming on and the tire is good. Have some food to repackage, and some chickens to feed. American Heritage Girls tonight and boy scouts. Little granddaughter is excited because it's fire safety night tonight and she wants to use an extinguisher, and they are also promising smores after the safety lessons. Lots of banging and Mexican music going on here right now.

 

[snappy1]

After Church, yesterday, there was a surprise dinner for everyone attending. Surprise since a freezer door was left open and the temp was at 34 degrees when found. So we cooked chicken and made chicken and dumplings, thawed some cakes and side dishes. Cleaned up and left at about 1:30. Came home, relaxed, and then at 5 pm made dog food to cook over night. Roaster and large slow cooker.

Today--have two pressure canners going with 14 quarts of dog food and still have the large slow cooker to run after this is done. Have changed light bulbs in my bath room, done laundry and have sheets and blankets going now. Called in prescriptions for DH, tightened handle on skillet. After I get the laundry finished and the next canner going, I think I'll relax a bit.

Have a good day!

 

[Patchouli]

Feeling under the weather today. Napping, drinking water, Gatorade, still in bed.
@snappy1 that's nice to have a meal with the church folk after the services. We do that a couple times a year. People sign up what they'll bring, crockpot main dishes, chili and stews; salads, breads, desserts. Always a good time.
That's great you make the dog food.
@Amish Heart I wish they'd start hustling their butts! Git it done!
@MoBookworm1957 you are so cute with your Strawberry & Estelle stories. I guess she's all healed up (Estelle).

 

[zannej]

Mo, sounds like you've been busy. Dumb question, but how do you steam mop a floor? Is there a special mop that creates steam or something? My house is mostly carpet & hardwood w/ some really crappy linoleum that tore apart so no steaming anything here.
Snappy, it's unfortunate about the freezer being left open, but sharing food is good. Lucky dogs to get homecooked canned food! I still need to give away the canned dog food we have. The dog that liked it passed away just before Christmas & the other two won't touch the stuff. They also don't like the dog biscuits we used to feed the old girl so we're going to give them either to the vet or to a friend. There's an unopened box we might donate to the local shelter.
Amish Heart, I hope the guy buying bleach and TP wasn't having to clean up after some accidents at home. Might have been for a commercial bathroom though. I wanted to get some bleach out in Walmart yesterday when the woman ahead of me in line licked her fingers to try to separate the shopping bags that were stuck together. I was flabbergasted. Who the hell licks their fingers and then touches stuff that other people are going to be touching-- especially with all sorts of viruses going around? She seemed like a nice lady & all, but she was not thinking about sanitation or about other people. I grabbed the bags she got her spit on by the handles and removed them so no one else would be putting their stuff in them and touching her germs. The flu has been particularly bad around here.
Patchouli, I hope you get feeling better soon. I'm feeling a little better today, but I'm still tired. Been coordinating with my friend on what he needs for his bathroom reno. Found a showerhead setup he loves for fairly cheap.

 

[Patchouli]

Finger-licking creepy people. Hate that.
Oh I'd say the guy buying up all the bleach was in panic-hoarding mode for coronavirus.
Thx, I hope you feel top-notch quickly. You sure seem to have a lot going on!
I have never considered myself a procrastinator or indecisive, but it seems apparent to me that at this point I am both.

 

[snappy1]

Lucky dogs to get homecooked canned food!

I have one that has seizures from preservatives in dog foods. I hate seizures!

@Patchouli I hope you are feeling better!

Ended up with 20 qts of dog food total. Should last a while as we mix it with a little rice.

 

[Terri9630]

At least she didn't growl at you

Actually she did. Growling is her default reaction to everything.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Feeling under the weather today. Napping, drinking water, Gatorade, still in bed.
@snappy1 that's nice to have a meal with the church folk after the services. We do that a couple times a year. People sign up what they'll bring, crockpot main dishes, chili and stews; salads, breads, desserts. Always a good time.
That's great you make the dog food.
@Amish Heart I wish they'd start hustling their butts! Git it done!
@MoBookworm1957 you are so cute with your Strawberry & Estelle stories. I guess she's all healed up (Estelle).

Thank you.
She goes back to the ENT doctor tomorrow for check up.
She'e pretty much her little orney self.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Mo, sounds like you've been busy. Dumb question, but how do you steam mop a floor? Is there a special mop that creates steam or something? My house is mostly carpet & hardwood w/ some really crappy linoleum that tore apart so no steaming anything here.
Snappy, it's unfortunate about the freezer being left open, but sharing food is good. Lucky dogs to get homecooked canned food! I still need to give away the canned dog food we have. The dog that liked it passed away just before Christmas & the other two won't touch the stuff. They also don't like the dog biscuits we used to feed the old girl so we're going to give them either to the vet or to a friend. There's an unopened box we might donate to the local shelter.
Amish Heart, I hope the guy buying bleach and TP wasn't having to clean up after some accidents at home. Might have been for a commercial bathroom though. I wanted to get some bleach out in Walmart yesterday when the woman ahead of me in line licked her fingers to try to separate the shopping bags that were stuck together. I was flabbergasted. Who the hell licks their fingers and then touches stuff that other people are going to be touching-- especially with all sorts of viruses going around? She seemed like a nice lady & all, but she was not thinking about sanitation or about other people. I grabbed the bags she got her spit on by the handles and removed them so no one else would be putting their stuff in them and touching her germs. The flu has been particularly bad around here.
Patchouli, I hope you get feeling better soon. I'm feeling a little better today, but I'm still tired. Been coordinating with my friend on what he needs for his bathroom reno. Found a showerhead setup he loves for fairly cheap.

With a Shark steam mop.
It uses plain tap water, but I add a bit of vinegar too.
The steam mop heats the water, vinegar so my floors are clean, especially after the grand daughter and I have had surgery.
If you swiffer you can use steam mop.

 

[zannej]

Ah, panicking over coronavirus makes sense. I usually avoid going in to town and being around people during flu season as much as possible because I get sick easily, but I am not obsessive about bleach. I do wash my hands well though. Governor just announced they are planning to screen for the virus & advising people to wear masks if they cough, stay home if sick (yeah, right! most people work places where they will get fired if they stay home), & wash hands frequently. They don't have the best hygiene standards around here- even at hospitals. I remember being at the hospital to visit someone and the nurse pushing the cart full of specimen jars sneezed all over the cart & everything on it. Didn't even try to cover her mouth & nose. She continued pushing the cart to a patient's room. I stopped her and said "Aren't you going to clean those & disinfect them?" She looked at me all bewildered "Why?" I said "You just SNEEZED on them & got germs all over everything!" She made some sound of disbelief & told me "It'll be all right." I went to patient advocacy to tell them they needed to get that cart washed. Woman behind the counter didn't seem to give a damn. But we've gone in ER rooms where they hadn't bothered to clean the blood and feces off the floor before bringing in new patients (same hospital).
I'm sitting around waiting for my brother to finish up whatever he's doing on his World of Warcraft Classic game so we can go visit our friend to cheer him up. Just made dinner so my mother should be good for a few hours.

 

[Peanut]

Sitting up with dad tonight. He slept for the first several hours but woke up disoriented and agitated... I got the nurse to help... they gave him a med on his list, resting again, hopefully for the rest of the night.

I'm posting from my new laptop. Earlier I got my favorite browser installed along with most of the security software I like to use. I'll get the rest of my customizations done over the next few days... at least now I'm not straining my eyes trying to see the tiny print on my phone.

It rained most of the day, going to rain tomorrow and the next day... Soggy days ahead.

 

[zannej]

I'm glad the medicine helped your dad get back to sleep, Peanut. It's stressful when loved ones are sick. My father didn't stay in the hospital long but I had other friends who were in for quite awhile & were terminal & I sat with them.
It rained today & will probably rain tomorrow. So much for my friend's plans to work on his car & roof. But we can still see about getting supplies to work on the bathroom a little. He discovered that someone stole his pex crimping tool so he's bummed out-- that's what he got for taking in random people who were in need of help. He's been homeless before (due to his house burning down) & he's got a good heart so he gets taken advantage of by people. Guy that seemed to be nice turned out to be a total junkie who stole stuff from him, stole his truck & ruined the motor, then broke the window on the truck he traded the old truck for & hotwired it. I think the guy is currently in jail. Bummer on that is that he's a witness that could help in my friend's fiance's defense over an incident where she was attacked in her own home by a trespassing teenager. Teenager is 13 but is bigger than her-- weighs about 140lbs. The fiance at the time weighed 82lbs. Brat was stealing her shoes so, tried to steal her iPod, & was being incredibly rude. Long story short, teenager attacked the smaller adult in the adult's own home, adult pushed her out, teen tripped over her own feet, fell & hit her head on a post. Teen then lied to cops and said the adult busted her head open by throwing her phone at her- no blood inside, no blood on the phone, no damage to the phone- but cops here don't care. They confiscated the phone & arrested the adult for 2nd degree battery. The witness saw the teen fall & hit her head & could attest that she wasn't bleeding before the fall & that she fell from tripping, not from being pushed. But it was a stand your ground case, IMO. Still waiting on the court case for that. Girl hasn't even spoken to her appointed attorney yet even though they took $ from her.
Hoping it won't rain too much tomorrow- if at all so we can get more stuff done, but if not, we can work on stuff inside.

 

[phideaux]

Busy day yesterday.
Tinkered in garage most of today. 65 degrees.
Found a guy that will deliver fire wood, red oak ,split for $30 a Rick..CHEAP. He brought me 5 Rick's , I helped unload.
The had him cut down an old Sycamore tree , about 48" dia. Took him a while..$50.

My my, the weather got bad overnight.
Tornadoes skipped around , strong storms .
They missed me but decided to set down in Nashville. I'm 120 miles west of Nashville, and we heard some rough winds , hail, and rain.

Friends in Nashville are safe , but so far they have found 9 dead.

Today I rest

Jim

 

[phideaux]

Death toll is now up to 19 in Nashville.

It's bad,
Pretty sure that car on 3rd floor balcony don't belong there....

Jim