What's everybody doing today?

[Mountain trapper]

View from inside the new shop building. Whenever I get the energy I'll rip some 1×12's down to 1×3's for batts and trim around the windows. I'll dig the snow out and start framing the east wall tomorrow.

 

[Hooch]

Yesterday I vacuumed (with a weak stick vacuum that ran out of battery on me) up the spots I could get to in the living room. I need to go in more aggressively with the shop vac for some spots. Also need a carpet shampooer. I know I've had the shampoo type of vacuums but I can't remember if I ever used it for shampoo and vacuuming. I don't recall Mom ever doing that either. Even though the battery can run out, the cordless vacuums are so much easier to handle.

After vacuuming I went to help my friend and his wife move furniture and stuff to their new house.

This morning I cooked for Mom and brought in cat food for kitties. Waiting to see if friend needs more help moving. He just messaged to say the new fridge doesn't fit. I knew it wouldn't because I measured the height of his fridge and the distance from floor to bottom of cabinet and told him it wouldn't fit. He'll have to trim the upper cabinet to make it fit.

Not going to bombard with tons of pics, but this is the abridged version of what I had to deal with bc of Mom's nasty habit of just throwing trash across the room. My brother promised multiple times to clean it up and never did. I got tired of constantly trying to keep up with it and had a case of the "screw its" and didn't mess with it (bc I'd already cleaned it up 3x before and she kept making more mess). I did finally get her to stop throwing trash over there though.
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Keep it up..your doing good and it's your health at risk too ..

 

[Ekatarina]

Wow ..kind of a bit exhausted today

Saturday
January 11th 2025
7.42 pm .... 12f .... light snow
Yeah its cold

My body aches a bit
I ate leftovers and cheesecake for dessert and black Chai tea and honey


As usual took care of my fur family
And this morning fed wild birds outside ..funny cuz they often wait for me

Hope everybody are safe
Enjoy the evening too

 

[LadyLocust]

Today is Pa and Ma’s 56th anniversary. . Got the dead lawnmower hauled to the shop and put a free sign on it. Hubby texted as I was pulling into the drive and said it was gone. Gorgeous day

 

[Mountain trapper]

To get ready for spring, I just ordered a bunch of super hot pepper seeds. I got some 7 pot pepper, Trinidad Scorpion, Carolina Reaper, Death Sprial and a few others. We'll start them inside probably in February on a heating pad and grow lights.

 

[Pearl]

Today is Pa and Ma’s 56th anniversary. . Got the dead lawnmower hauled to the shop and put a free sign on it. Hubby texted as I was pulling into the drive and said it was gone. Gorgeous day

I missed the mower, DANG!!

 

[Pearl]

8:15, going to bed!! I am tired!!

 

[zannej]

Thanks all. I'm going to have to negotiate with Mom on more cleaning bc she's super picky and sensitive about stuff on and around her desk. Last time I cleaned up on her desk she got really angry at me and accused me of throwing out her tax forms (which later turned up in her purse-- and she never apologized over that). I will probably just move on to working on the stuff on the other side of the room. No idea what to do with the stuff that is piled up in bins for now. We need to donate a bit of it and probably throw out some, but I have hoarder tendencies. I hate for things that can be used to be thrown away-- especially since we don't get trash pick up out here so we have to burn our trash.

To clarify on some things: I did set up trash cans for Mom and she kept throwing stuff on the floor anyway. Part of it was bc she was mad that my brother wasn't taking trash out and she expected him to clean it up. She also didn't like the placement & size of the trash cans (I tried various sizes and spots). So I got her large bags but she complained about them being too big. She just got so accustomed to throwing the bottles that she kept doing it. A few things happened to stop that. One was that she realized that I was the one who kept having to clean up the mess and it was hurting my back, I actually fell in that pile of bottles a few times while trying to retrieve something of hers that fell off the desk and on to the other side, she was unable to go get stuff that fell off her desk, and I got her smaller trash bags that she can fill up and I started taking them out regularly since my brother won't. She appreciates me a bit more now that I have to manage her insulin, CGM, and such. My brother is currently unemployed and his ONLY assigned chore is to take out trash but for some reason he doesn't want to do it and will say he's going to and then not do it for weeks and even months and eventually I have to take it out, but sometimes I have trouble bc of my bad back. He helped a little bit this time because he was motivated to be able to get the internet fixed.

Had to go to the store to get more cold meds for Mom. She's not feeling great. I'm hoping that getting her desk area cleaned off will help her respiratory issues. But when she's sick she doesn't make decisions and I have to wait for her to pay attention and listen and communicate.

Going to be helping my friend with more moving tomorrow.

 

[Mel]

Sat in the house all day and watched homesteading videos most of the day.

Looked up information on Moss Mountain Farm, which is local to me and I'd like to visit.

Looked up information on Whispering Willow Farm.

Looked up information on GriefShare.

Answered questions about my dad's funeral, which made me cry.

Tried to watch the Razorbacks play but couldn't.

Talked to Mom about how I feel.

Laughed at some goat videos.

 

[Amish Heart]

It's tricky when someone does not want you to touch "their stuff". This was the topic of conversation at our house a few weeks back...me trying to straighten up husband's small office, because it is an eyesore and can be a hazard, and I have to walk thru it to get into our bedroom. The tools I hauled out that did not need to be in there, needed to be in the garage, made him mad. So I ended up putting everything back and I give up for now. It's ok for me to sweep in there, pick up empty cups, and empty the trash. Zannej, you'll just have to figure out what is ok to clean and what is not. Sounds like you're ok to pick up bottles though, I'd stick to that for now. Keep at it, though, sounds like your brother won't do it.