In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Just locked in cheap internet for two years, 6 days before they were going to start charging me $54/mo for what I've been getting for only $20/mo promotional.
This time it's 2.5 times faster than what I had and it's for two years instead of only one year. It's the same plan I got for my aunt's new apartment. 
I also found the secret to getting somebody on the phone who can help you out FAST. Don't call in as an existing customer for any reason. That will put you through the automated loop that you can only get out of by claiming you need tech support. (And then trying to get the person from tech support to get you to customer retention can be a can of worms on its own depending on who you reach). Call up and tell the system that you're a new customer and you'll get a friendly English speaking American on the phone who will be happy to get you right to customer retention.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Alright... gotta get my rear in gear and get up to the hardware store to get that dimmer switch and white co-ax outlet cover so I can head out to my friend's place and wrap that bedroom up and get all my tools and materials.
Then it's back to the re-org project at home.
Hopefully I can get that done too before I go to Gram's tomorrow. At least inside the house. Still going to save the garage for another day since it's snowing for the 3rd day in a row here.
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Out for my walk and I am unsure about the umbrella thing.
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Back from my walk and I got rained on but had my umbrella. Now that I am in the sun is out and all is dry. Oh well.
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Installed a new light switch and got the ceiling fan installed.
Got all the other outlet covers up and the vents, cleaned up the mess and left the place otherwise exactly the way they left it. I wanted to vac up the room too, but my buddy didn't know where the vacuum was and his wife wasn't right there, so he said he'll do that before moving all the stuff back in the room.
It looks fantastic in the daylight. I knew it would and there would be no way any of those old dark colors were going to bleed through after 3 coats.
Got home and got all the stuff emptied out of my car and my batteries charging and going to start getting packed for Grams tomorrow. My aunt is so excited about getting her internet up and running and getting her clock and pictures all hung up in her apartment.
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Early dental appointment tomorrow then some errands after.
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I'd like to say that I had a great night's sleep and I'm well rested... lol. I miss my naps. It's hard for me to sleep in these days though. I almost got up for the day at 5:30, but I was able to go back to sleep for a few more hours.
Main priorities are easy. Just washing dishes then getting cleaned up and packed for another few nights out by my Grams. Assuming I have time, which I should, I want to clear out the rest of the living room. That will give me Thursday night and Friday morning to make the place presentable when my old man comes by to visit.
We're going to finally get the last of the trash bags out on the curbs today, and get another 6 pieces of furniture at least out. Hopefully somebody grabs some of them because there are some pretty nice pieces in the bunch that will be going out first in hopes we can get a few more out there this week.
If my aunt is feeling up to it, we may pull some of the larger pieces out the front door right to the curb instead of taking smaller ones out from the garage. My tweaked back from rolling the ceiling the other night is feeling fine, so that's good.
When my aunt goes to work on Wednesday, I'll be going to her apartment to set up the internet and give her a sweet and streamlined network setup and make sure that both of her TVs behave exactly the same and aren't cluttered up with a bunch of pay-to-watch apps that she's not going to use. And hopefully she did what I asked and planned out where she wanted her clocks and wall hangings so I can get them all up while she's gone too. (I hate doing that about as much as I hate cleaning a bathroom, but it will make her transition to being in her own place a lot easier, I think).
I'll really be looking for things to do with the downtime this week because almost everything is out of the house then aside from the largest furniture pieces, the grand piano and the old Grandfather clock. It looks like my cousin may want that piano, which would be awesome if he can pay somebody to safely get it outside and down 12 stairs to his place without us having to worry about it. Otherwise we're just leaving it in the house unless the realtor says it should go, which means we're just going to be destroying it and getting it out in pieces. That would be a shame. I remember Grandma playing that all the time and having some church lady friends from her chior come over on occasion while she'd play and they'd sing.
Normally I wouldn't stay an extra night, but Thursday we put Grandma in the ground and I'm going to stick around for that before coming back home.
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Back from the dentist and the fitting went find. I go back next Tuesday to hopefully get the denture after another fitting.
Also got some grocery shopping done.
Now all I have to do is replace a battery in my alarm clock because that almost made me late but the bus not coming this morning did make me late. Luckily when I got to the office no other patients were around so I went right in.
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Hey, it sounds like you're all forging ahead! I'm halfway thru my various tests and appointments.
Some good news! They don't know what causing the pain and tenderness in my left side, but they do know it's not cancer. So I'll just assume it's scar tissue or something and deal with it best I can.
Had a blood draw and urine sample today and next week I see the nephrologist. Like the previous tests, I find it much easier not to sneak a peak at the results posted online. As long as I'm not showing overt signs of kidney failure I'm going to do what I need to do and let the docs deal with it.
Pick up my new glasses tomorrow. It's been quite a few years since I last had an eye exam and I barely squeaked thru my DMV license renewal so I hope this new pair will help me see better!
And today I THINK was the last rainstorm of the year... altho I think I said that a few rainstorms ago. You were right, BRENDA ... snowpack plus rain = floods. We dodn't havemuch of a snowpack here but I think northern CA got nailed. Altho there is still a lot ofsnow on the higher peaks up there. Haven't checked my rain gage bc it's still raining, but it looks like at least 1.5" so far. So according to my backyard, we're about 7" ahead of average.
I hope to report more actual progress later!
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" It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
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Sometimes all you can do is keep on doing and let the docs do their thing SIG.
I have to go back to the dentist next week and hopefully I will have the denture.
Yeah, I think the weather on the news said the flooding in your state was farther down. I keep getting the feeling that San Diego was mentioned. I could be wrong.
I know about floods and snowpack from my own province. Come Spring we usually have to worry about such things and this winter the snow pack has been pretty unstable. S'why so many avalanches and warnings about going into the backcountry. 12 people at least have either died or been injured in avalanches in my province.
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