In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:As bad as back then?? That's pretty bad! You'd think they could have improved things by now!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from the dentist and all molds done for today. And that stuff is as grotty as I remember from high school. Going back next Tuesday for the first fitting.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Yes, it is. The only difference is that it starts out as a purple colour then as it sets turns white. One would think so but noooo. Yuck!
The only good thing was I stopped into the strip mall there and found another book in that little everything store that's there. Last time I came out with one book too. Time before that it was 2 books.
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Got a call about a pick up game of mah jong tomorrow.
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Couple of errands to run before my pick up game of mah jong.
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Back around 4:30 from my afternoon mah jong and no luck.
Tomorrow is regular game and some errands.
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You've been ripping thru your list of things to do, SIX!
I have to say, I find your pro-active stance with your g'ma and aunt to be a very positive example. Instead of wallowing in anger and grief, you made things better by stepping in and helping out. I was awed that you got your aunt set up in an apartment ahead of time. Most people would wait until events occurred before acting. Not only was that helpful, it was wise.
It's really been good so far. My aunt is in a much better headspace right now, and we've been getting so much done!
Every single bag of trash is either gone or in the can waiting to go. My uncle went on vacation so we were able to fill up his can for pickup yesterday and get some of the smaller furniture out on their lot. Put out two big dressers on Grams and somebody took one so I was able to put out a beat up old filing cabinet that I bought back when I lived there. Also got the neighbor across the street to let us put out 2 pieces, so in total we got rid of 7 pieces of furniture in one week. Last week I had cut up 5 bags of scrap wood and took them with me this time since I had room. I was only able to get one dining room chair in my back seat, so took that trash with me.
Put the last of the metal stuff out with the scrappers and was disappointed when they didn't take it on garbage day. It was a ton of metal, but mostly poles and some ancient, rusty jack thingamabobs that were very low to the ground and probably missable to the scrappers... especially after some dude came by and took all the garden tools my uncle didn't want that were leaned up on the side. So at one point I went out to try to re-stage things to improve the visibility and some guy came by and asked if he could take it while I was out there.
I got the auto shop behind me to let me dump the 3.5 gallons of ancient used motor oil and they took the random spare tire in the garage too. They love my aunt and grams. I met the 2nd in command and got a quote no a new catalytic converter. Installed it would be only $500! I'm not ready to do that yet, but when I asked the guy my dad uses what it would cost he told me the part alone is $500. Didn't bother asking my guy because he'd have my car for 2 months.
I got the sewing machine out into the garage as well as a large kitchen cabinet that my cousin was going to take but it was too heavy for him and my aunt to get out last week... so that's ready for him to take when he wants it. Also got the last large end table/cabinet out in the garage.
Went through all the photographs and separated the ancient unknown stuff from the modernish family stuff. 5 small totes of modern stuff to my aunts apartment, and 2 large totes of the old stuff I'll bring back home with me one of these trips.
All that is left in there now is two very large dinette cabinets that are going to be a real bitch to move even with 2 or 3 people (especially if we are trying not to damage them since they're really nice), a couch, a coffee table, the kitchen table (and the chairs that are now holding up TVs and lights instead of the furniture that I removed), my aunt's old bedroom dressers and an old chair of hers, and the grand piano.
We've also kept 2 mattresses and 2 TVs. Those will be the last things to go when we finally get everything out. I'm thinking 2 more weeks.
We brought everything my aunt is taking except for the things she'll keep from her bedroom to her apartment last night and I got her computer network set up with her two smart TVs. She's blown away that she can now watch streaming TV in her bedroom without a computer or any wires other than the plug in the wall. It turns out using her phone as a mobile hotspot is still prohibitively expensive, but it looks like we can get her a great cable internet plan for only $25/mo for 24 months, so next week I'm going to help her get that set up. We're cutting the cord and she's
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Hope the dentist appointment goes well for you today, Brenda, and I hope you keep getting stuff done Sigs.
See you in a few.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Dentist should be okay SIX. Just getting my mouth measured for the denture.
I'm supposed to be doing that Monday morning for the partial since they really screwed it up the first time. I may have to reschedule that appointment though unless they can guaranty me that they'll have it first thing Tuesday morning. I've got to get back out to Grams early next Tuesday and I'll probably be staying until Thursday night since the lowering into the grave happens Thursday afternoon.
In the meantime, my buddy is going on vacation with his family and I've got to get his daughter's ceiling repaired and paint that room before they come back. If he gets everything out of my way before he leaves and I can at least get all the mudding done before I go to Grandma's that's going to relieve a lot of the pressure.
I hope they get your reline done right. My top was perfect, but the bottom was a complete waste of money so far. At least they're going to send it back to the lab and fix it free of charge.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hope the dentist appointment goes well for you today, Brenda, and I hope you keep getting stuff done Sigs.
See you in a few.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Dentist should be okay SIX. Just getting my mouth measured for the denture.
I'm supposed to be doing that Monday morning for the partial since they really screwed it up the first time. I may have to reschedule that appointment though unless they can guaranty me that they'll have it first thing Tuesday morning. I've got to get back out to Grams early next Tuesday and I'll probably be staying until Thursday night since the lowering into the grave happens Thursday afternoon.
In the meantime, my buddy is going on vacation with his family and I've got to get his daughter's ceiling repaired and paint that room before they come back. If he gets everything out of my way before he leaves and I can at least get all the mudding done before I go to Grandma's that's going to relieve a lot of the pressure.
I hope they get your reline done right. My top was perfect, but the bottom was a complete waste of money so far. At least they're going to send it back to the lab and fix it free of charge.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I am getting the denture on Tuesday morning and it is an early appointment. But I will have the denture and eating will be easier for sure.
I hope you can get the work finished at your friend's before you head out to your grandmother's.
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Back from mah jong and a couple of errands. Not too bad a morning as I managed to get the booby prize which is 4th place. *L* I got my $2 back. Had a couple of decent hands which allowed this so not bad. Lovely bright day out but suppose to rain tomorrow have to see.
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Finally nearing the end of the re-org project... At least as far as my living room is concerned.
Last night I was finally able to go through the last month's worth of mail that had come in since I wasn't able to get to my curio cabinet to go through it all until then.
This morning I've been sorting what needs to go into the garage. I've thrown some stuff away and I have a big box of stuff for Goodwill. This part is hard because there's a lot of nice stuff still, but it's nice stuff I really don't need and shouldn't have taken in the first place.
I've got quite a few totes that will be leftover, which is good. Two of them are huge and don't have lids, so at least one of them will be in my trunk at all times. I think I'll have it filled with painting gear. I'll probably put less often used tools in the 2nd one and put the standard always needed tools in the bucket with my two bucket tool organizers.
I've got a lot of small totes. I'm going to need to get out in the garage and start filling them up with my various screws and nails in an organized fashion. There's actually a lot of wasted space on those shelves and with all the new good nails/screws etc that I got out of the garage this week I'm going to need that space. Once they're organized in the small totes I should easily have a good spot for everything on that front.
While I'm boxing up stuff for Goodwill, I may take a moment to go back up to the attic and look at stuff I boxed to save up there. Except for about 3 boxes that I've rummaged through for computer parts over the years, I haven't touched any of that since Summer of 2019 when they were boxed up. I'm sure that I can get rid of more.
The garage is going to be a project this spring/summer. I've got that brand new fridge out there I need to swap in my house to get the old one out. I also have a nice stove that my neighbors gave me when I helped them move their stuff during their home remodel. It's not brand new and two of the burners don't work though. My oven seems to be working again and now that I've got the air fryer that doesn't really even matter anymore anyhow. My current stove is really light. This thing is a heavy beast. I may just get rid of it. Anything I move in and out of the kitchen always comes with the risk of marring or ripping that really nice new floor I put in there a while back, so I've got to weigh that in the decision.
Then there's all the projects that I've got to do... Building a kitchen table with the legs from Grandma's dining room table and restoring/reupholstering the two chairs for it... Restoring both hope chests... Building and painting the two missing kitchen drawers I have yet to get around to. At least all the good wood boards that I took I was able to stage in my nook for wood without it spilling out into places it doesn't belong.
I'm starting to feel a bit closed in again. Nice furniture has come my way at the wrong time. I don't even have my flooring situation started in the back porch and I've got it loaded with furniture and that TV Stand/Fireplace heater. And since most of my floors in the house are finished except for the living room hardwood, I don't really want to be moving furniture all over the place... And eventually I'm going to be restoring that living room hardwood and where the heck am I going to put the furniture while I'm doing that? Cramming it into the back porch would be the ideal solution, but even if I knew I could get it over there without screwing up the kitchen floor it wouldn't fit through that door to the porch anyhow since it's only 28" wide. It would have to either go downstairs or out into my garage through the front door that's 36" wide.
Oh well... Those are worries for another day.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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