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Wife handed me her cell phone and told me I had a call. I'm wondering why the caller didn't call me direct until I heard my SIL's voice. In-laws almost never call me. They call the wife who would volunteer me to solve their problem, that is until I wised up and put a stop to that. Wife would complain that she is in the middle, so I told her to stay out of the middle by giving them my cell number. They want me to do something then they can ask me direct.
Anyway back to today...
SIL has her unemployed adult (over eighteen) grandson living with her rent free, meals included. Grandson thinks there is a dead smell coming from the crawl space under "his" bedroom.
There is a small hole in her house foundation that she thinks a pipe might have come though at one time. She suggests that maybe something crawled through this small hole and died or living in the crawl space. Both of them are afraid to look in the crawl space, what should they do?
Been there, done that, too many times. No more.
I ask how big is this hole? Well it started out about the size of a pipe but over the years (no house maintenance for the thirty years she has lived there) the hole is now big enough for someone to crawl though. I'm done with this.
I suggest an expert is required and she should call and Exterminator.
SIL asked if I know of someone from the church that could come out and fix this for her? No I do not, I'd call and Exterminator.
What Exterminator (she asks) would I recommend?
My reply, I've never used an Exterminator so I could not recommended one. I suggest she do an Internet search for "Exterminator" and her city then read the reviews.
I'm sure the SIL was calling her other sister before an eye blink to have her other BIL volunteered...
Anyway back to today...
SIL has her unemployed adult (over eighteen) grandson living with her rent free, meals included. Grandson thinks there is a dead smell coming from the crawl space under "his" bedroom.
There is a small hole in her house foundation that she thinks a pipe might have come though at one time. She suggests that maybe something crawled through this small hole and died or living in the crawl space. Both of them are afraid to look in the crawl space, what should they do?
Been there, done that, too many times. No more.
I ask how big is this hole? Well it started out about the size of a pipe but over the years (no house maintenance for the thirty years she has lived there) the hole is now big enough for someone to crawl though. I'm done with this.
I suggest an expert is required and she should call and Exterminator.
SIL asked if I know of someone from the church that could come out and fix this for her? No I do not, I'd call and Exterminator.
What Exterminator (she asks) would I recommend?
My reply, I've never used an Exterminator so I could not recommended one. I suggest she do an Internet search for "Exterminator" and her city then read the reviews.
I'm sure the SIL was calling her other sister before an eye blink to have her other BIL volunteered...
Well, well.. our new Governor is going crazy...
KY now has A case of coronavirus , advising everybody to stay home , no gatherings, church, sports, meetings , shopping...
Yeah, let's kill the economy as dead as possible. IDIOT.
Anyway , I'm not doing much today. Rain moving in , a-gain , storms rest of week. Uuuugghh.
Jim
KY now has A case of coronavirus , advising everybody to stay home , no gatherings, church, sports, meetings , shopping...
Yeah, let's kill the economy as dead as possible. IDIOT.
Anyway , I'm not doing much today. Rain moving in , a-gain , storms rest of week. Uuuugghh.
Jim
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My day today will be slow and easy.
Meaning I am moving slow and gingerly.
Sitting around reading the last of my homework assignments before I take a break from school.
Napping a lot.
Reading forums.
Reworking my "Bucket List" of Life desires.
Coming off my "Bucket List is the ability to drive a tank.
Several other Military type things.
Now what to fill them up with???
Napping
Meaning I am moving slow and gingerly.
Sitting around reading the last of my homework assignments before I take a break from school.
Napping a lot.
Reading forums.
Reworking my "Bucket List" of Life desires.
Coming off my "Bucket List is the ability to drive a tank.
Several other Military type things.
Now what to fill them up with???
Napping
Got started cleaning and straightening up out in the summer kitchen this morning. Have a few boxes to haul to thrift. Need to wash off a large cooler before putting it out in the garage with the others. Pulled bike out so I can ride it if it ever gets warm enough. The good news is I can now hang laundry out there again (if warm enough.) Yay! tired of it hanging in the house. Could have continued, but had to get to work. It already looks better out there though.
Ohio, and as recently as yesterday Michigan has done the same. As much as I hate what it will do to the economy, it's probably not a bad idea. We do have a responsibility to mitigate the spread of COVID 19.
We have 2 confirmed cases now in Michigan, one that had traveled and another case that was contracted here somehow somewhere. These 2 people are not acquainted with one another.
Cases in the US have doubled since a couple days ago and the death count is up around 30 I think.
COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance*
- Total cases: 938
- Total deaths: 29
- Jurisdictions reporting cases: 39 (38 states and District of Columbia)
On a side note the Wife and I will just stay home, which isn't out of the norm for us. We will just lay low for a couple weeks.
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This is good advice if you have fast response from ambulances. Sometimes they can send out an EMT from a nearby fire station to come help but not always. Where I live, the ambulance & response time is very slow. It took them 45 minutes to respond to someone who lived 2 minutes away form the hospital & the person died. My friend's late grandmother survived longer bc after calling 9-11 and waiting 5 min, they realized the ambulance wasn't coming anytime soon so her son drove her to the hospital. They said she would have died if he had waited even 2 minutes longer. Sadly, they are both deceased now.
Ah. Ok. I thought they were still together. That makes sense. Sounds like your son is in a situation like my best friend & the ex is a total puke who uses everyone. His ex would find out someone else was paying for her dinner & called the restaurant ahead of time to find out what the most expensive thing on the menu was so she could order it and then ordered extra stuff-- and she didn't even eat all of it. She had side stuff that cost extra that she didn't even touch. She would borrow things & then break them or sell them to other people (I let her borrow my rabbit hutch to hold her ferrets so they wouldn't keep biting my friend's daughter & the biyatch sold the hutch to someone along with the ferrets & refused to reimburse me & wouldn't tell me who she sold them to-- gave me some BS story about how the people were supposed to give the hutch back but didn't).
Sounds about like how they pave the roads where I live. Only I don't think it's even 2". They put down some gravel, then they put down oil, then they put down some more rocks and they pack it down. Maybe 1-1/2". Then it rains & water gets under and forms ridges like giant speedbumps. They try to roll it down and end up scraping the bumps off and then end up with pits. The logging trucks ignore the rules about not driving on the road within 24 hours of rain & they tear the roads up. Huge pot holes all over-- so deep that my friend popped a tire, busted his rim, rack & pinon snapped, & front grille fell off. The edges of the roads constantly erode, the loggers & hunters fill in the ditches without culverts so they can drive across & destroy the road edge even more and cause flooding.Working for the county highway for free.
Three years ago the county highway ground up the asphalt road. Used the ground up asphalt as a base to widen the road before laying a 2" top coat. County patted themselves on their backs on how many more miles of roaded they have "Fixed" to justified the new road tax. Unfortunately (for the Taxpayer) the base was substandard and county didn't address the drainage problem. With the road widen our mail mailboxes have been taken a hit every time the county plows snow. County got my mailbox this winter. Called for Locates, telephone has a buried cable here somewhere. Hand auger a hole three feet from the edge of the road. Cemented in a new post in and mounted my mailbox. There!
County didn't bother to protect the asphalt edges (berm) with gravel so now the mail route carrier makes a nice rut getting to my mailbox. And everytime it rains the runoff flows down the road instead of in the the existing ditch.
Years ago our church enlarged their playground. They needed a place to dump a truck load of sod/sand. I told them I had a spot...big chunks of asphalt were mixed in with the first load.
This brings us to today.
The chunks of asphalt laid in the sun and became semi-brittle. I spend this morning busting the chunks into gravel size pieces. Wheelbarrow my now black gravel out to the mailbox and used it to fill in the ruts cause my delivering my mail. I made sure the filled in ruts were lower then the road. While I had the wheelbarrow and shovel I hand dug to the ditch, slopping it all away from the road. Now when it rains the runoff can actually flow to and down the ditch instead of on the road.
Yeah, Louisiana roads suck. I'm in Allen Parish and the roads are terrible. My friend got charged $3800 out of his tax returns for driving on these crappy roads even though the pot holes have damaged his vehicles (he's gone through a few bc they got busted up) multiple times.Fixing the roads in Louisiana via check.
A chain gang would have probably been more humane.
We took chickenwire, dug a little, put the chickenwire down & buried it again, and then poured some concrete on the edges to keep our dogs from digging in some spots. Wish we'd done it in our driveway bc they tried to dig to China under the truck.My sheppard keeps digging a hole to lay in against the east wall of my house (nice and cool in the afternoon)... but he’s digging up my patch of yarrow I’m trying to grow there.Last summer I filled in the hole and put a metal bee hive stand and a cinderblock on top…
He just moved over a few inches and kept digging. I noticed today he was about to dig up the support post for a window ac. I filled the hole again and covered it with broken bits of cinderblock and old bricks. He can lay there if he wants but it’ll be darned uncomfortable.
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I never watched that movie. I never understood the appeal of Leonardo Dicraprio. (Mind you, he did an excellent job as the mentally challenged boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but I never understood why he was a leading man/boy). Every time I see something about the Titanic I think of Denis Leary laughing as he left the theater.
People were making fun of the Covid-19 "hoax" at CPAC and now people from it have come down with it. It's nothing to sneeze at (pun intended). I think it's actually a good idea to shut down some things to prevent people from getting sick. Unfortunately, it's not good for the economy.
I've still been feeling bleh but I made it to the grocery store the other day bc my brother ate ALL of the chicken. Had to nap for awhile and then made dinner. Mom had 2nds of the stroganoff last night. We figured out that they made the noodles thicker so they aren't cooking as fast as they used to.
My unlucky friend replaced the computer, wiring harness, O2 sensors, plugs, air intake, etc on his car to try to get it working and now the fuel pump isn't operating. That seller really screwed him over but he didn't get a bill of sale from the jerk (I tried to get him to but he wouldn't listen & insisted that writing the sale amount on the title would work-- but then the jerk didn't even write that amount) so my friend can't prove how much he paid if he wanted to sue him.
Ordered some stuff for his shower/tub but the shower & tub are out of stock again- got the valve and drain at least. Was browsing build.com and saw some cabinet pulls that were the kind Mom likes-- gold with white porcelain with blue on them. I sent her the link and she loved them & had me tell her how many cabinet doors and drawers we have in the kitchen. I think it's about 52 or 53 but had her get 55 just in case. The current ones have been there since the 80s and are all corroded & porcelain broke off of them.
Probably will hit the grocery store later to get cream, butter, bread, and cheese.
Too much work in my book... in a month the brick and dirt I shoveled will settle... I'll cover it with another inch of soil, set out some more yarrow and no one will ever know whats there... except me and the dog, he will find a new place to lay down. Besides, I got piles of brick and block... wire costs money.
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Got out early to do my weekly errands: post office, bank, a couple of grocery stores. Couldn't figure out why it was deader than dead at first, and then the parking lot was full at our Krogers Store. Husband texted and said they announced 3 virus cases locally. Went to the Dollar Tree next door, and they were really cleaned out. Husband said they were talking about working from home. He needs to. He only goes in two days a week anyway.
Repurposed the left leg off a pair of leather pants
Made a leather cover for a notebook
Made a leather cover for a notebook
This morning did 2 exercise videos, took Peanut Butter (in photo to left) to beauty parlor, went to thrift shop and met DH. Went to lunch and did as much damage as the exercises did good. LOL Picked up Peanut and came home. About to walk up to local store and look at seed packets-- maybe buy a couple. At 4:30, I am meeting a friend at Church to make baked beans and coleslaw for fundraiser tomorrow.
Update:
My plans have changed somewhat.
Had some ladies that I get together with several times a month to knit and crochet donation blankets, hats.
Bless me with 2 boxes and several 13 gallon trash bags of yarn.
So between naps today will be rolling up yarn.
Have one box of yarn airing outside, must of been cigar smoker in the house.
My plans have changed somewhat.
Had some ladies that I get together with several times a month to knit and crochet donation blankets, hats.
Bless me with 2 boxes and several 13 gallon trash bags of yarn.
So between naps today will be rolling up yarn.
Have one box of yarn airing outside, must of been cigar smoker in the house.
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People can get touchy about politics-- it's like it is part of people's religion-- in some ways I think it is. My attitudes are that I don't know everything, there is no one perfect fix/answer for everything, & I don't believe in hating people. I may not like some people, but I don't hate them or wish them ill. I hate how people act and sometimes how they think (when they are being hateful) but I try to separate that from the people. I have friends from vastly different political spectrums & I agree and disagree with points from both at times. I guess my motto is "Can't we all just get along?"
I think in some ways psychology is the same way as religion and politics because of differing opinions. I remember a friend of mine who had a fairly severe case of autism (didn't speak until she was 9-yrs-old) but learned to communicate and now works at Caltech doing brain studies & trying to create educational programs for people with autism. She told me about a psychology student who had no family members or friends with autism who had strong opinions about autism & how it should be treated/handled & it was a religion to her. Like, her whole viewpoint in life hinged on this belief about behavior modification. My autistic friend was completely opposed to it & said it was cruel & that people with autism aren't dogs to be trained. Her parents nurtured her but didn't try to force her to do things to conform & she ended up fine. Might not work for everyone, but she was diametrically opposed to what the psychology student believed & it caused them to clash.
Whenever people start getting heated, I feel it's time to step back and agree to disagree. Unfortunately, sometimes people feel they need to get the last word in. I'm on a military family facebook group where one of the new admins has very strong views & constantly posts political stuff even though other members have asked him to tone it down. He then spews hatred about groups he disagrees with, calls anyone who argues with him names, deletes replies that logically counter his claims, temporarily bans people so they can't reply (usually if they have proven him wrong on something), & then replies to them & mocks them for not answering saying that their silence is a sign of not having an answer while knowing full well that they can't answer bc he muted them. One person he kept doing that to kept coming back and arguing logically with him so he finally kicked the guy out of the group. We've both found another group where political discussions are banned. It's sad to me that the same people who post the political stuff on that site will claim it's OK bc they are all adults and can have civil discourse but then act like children flinging mud & trying to out-shout people. They also gripe about getting banned from other groups for being hateful & breaking the rules and they gripe about people reporting posts. At one point an admin indicated that he would kick anyone from the group if they reported a post that agreed with his political views even if that post violated the rules. But I think they don't even see the hypocrisy. Many of them have had brain injuries and are going through tough medical stuff so they can't think rationally. I feel sorry for them, but it is also sad that they are making other people miserable because they can't have civil conversations.
That has been my rant for the day. LOL.
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Thank you Zanne I needed to read your upbeat inspiring post. Sucha nice way to correct someone.
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News said we're at number 4 infected. Local live theatre shut down and a private high school shut down. Kids are off school for the next 4 days anyway. Parent teacher conference for the little granddaughter tomorrow morning. Then back to painting.
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Amish my daughter grandaughter school has closed too in Atlanta.
She is hoping and prating my grandaughter gets her 4 kids back 3 of which daughter has .
She has been working going to meeting,being tested for 4 months now and daughter has had it with custody of 3 of these these kids,including 19 month old Tarzon with the funny hair.
Just found out they shut down on site classes at the state university. Also several area schools go on spring break Monday, lots of talk about keeping them closed till April at least.
I had my follow up with the Dr today. They did a retest on my breathing. 2 weeks ago I was at 47% capacity. Today I was up to 72%. Dr was surprised I had improved that much, that quickly. I am going back in June and get tested again. He wanted me to stay on the sterodial inhaler until then to try and get my lungs fully healed.
Praise the Lord I am so happy things are improving. Thanks to all you for the prayers.
I had my follow up with the Dr today. They did a retest on my breathing. 2 weeks ago I was at 47% capacity. Today I was up to 72%. Dr was surprised I had improved that much, that quickly. I am going back in June and get tested again. He wanted me to stay on the sterodial inhaler until then to try and get my lungs fully healed.
Praise the Lord I am so happy things are improving. Thanks to all you for the prayers.
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Thanks Meer
Thank you Mo
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MoBook that would be neatseeing you in a tank. It maybe worth the trip to go do that.
Sitting with dad tonight at the home... Management is talking about cutting visiting hours to 7am to 4pm over CV concerns... The staff doesn't know how it will work. Nothing has been decided yet. Every resident here is elderly with preexisting conditions. It'd go through here like wildfire.
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