In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Do you like decaff coffee?
Originally posted by Brenda:
Just a slow Sunday around me.
I discovered the thing that propels me out of bed in the AM: a nice cup of coffee (decaff will work!) with some canned milk and a bit of natural sweetener.
It sure gives me something to look forward to! Seems like it would be a nice Sunday AM treat
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
I do. I usually start my day with a cup of decafe with no milk and just 1 tsp of sugar.
It is and was.
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Rain arrived last night and still raining this morning for my walk. Small dent in the drought in BC.
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Well, the rain has dried up for now and the sun is out. Walk in and groceries done, including finding some Christmas cards.
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Dentist appointment went well yesterday. I finally inquired about how much a 3rd cleaning without an exam or Xrays would cost and when I found out it was only around $90 I'm kind of chiding myself for not doing that earlier. Whenever I walk out of there after getting that deep clean it feels as good as walking out of Great Clips with a fresh haircut, but multiplied by about 100 times. I'll be doing that every 4 months instead of every 6 months from now on. $90 is worth a lot less than it was 2 years ago, so the price is right. I've also scheduled my long-overdue denture reline. Most people get it after 6 months. I believe I've had them for around 3 years now. They've gone from minor annoyance to ill-fitting over the last year or so, so now it's time. Nothing seems to be adjusting on me anymore, so it's not something I should have to be doing every few years. It's quite expensive, but for about 2 years now I've had that subtracted from my available funds anyhow in my records, so let's just get it done.
My buddy's dad is supposed to come over today to help me cut and fit those window jambs and maybe get a start on the casings. Unfortunately, it looks like a LOT of rain. I'll have to see about maybe attaching one of my tarps from my porch gutter to my garage gutter so we have a dry path to continually walk between them otherwise we're getting wet, the wood floor is getting wet and my jambs and casings are getting wet. I really wish he was able to make it out last week when it was 75 degrees and dry. Oh well...
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Out for my walk in a bit and more rain heading my way.
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Quote:Seems like your friend's dad is doing better?
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Dentist appointment went well yesterday. I finally inquired about how much a 3rd cleaning without an exam or Xrays would cost and when I found out it was only around $90 I'm kind of chiding myself for not doing that earlier. Whenever I walk out of there after getting that deep clean it feels as good as walking out of Great Clips with a fresh haircut, but multiplied by about 100 times. I'll be doing that every 4 months instead of every 6 months from now on. $90 is worth a lot less than it was 2 years ago, so the price is right. I've also scheduled my long-overdue denture reline. Most people get it after 6 months. I believe I've had them for around 3 years now. They've gone from minor annoyance to ill-fitting over the last year or so, so now it's time. Nothing seems to be adjusting on me anymore, so it's not something I should have to be doing every few years. It's quite expensive, but for about 2 years now I've had that subtracted from my available funds anyhow in my records, so let's just get it done.
My buddy's dad is supposed to come over today to help me cut and fit those window jambs and maybe get a start on the casings. Unfortunately, it looks like a LOT of rain. I'll have to see about maybe attaching one of my tarps from my porch gutter to my garage gutter so we have a dry path to continually walk between them otherwise we're getting wet, the wood floor is getting wet and my jambs and casings are getting wet. I really wish he was able to make it out last week when it was 75 degrees and dry. Oh well...
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Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus
I had some disturbing news about my heart last time: One of the treatments I've been on for a year (which just ended early this month) is cardiotoxic. It took this long, but now it's affecting my heart function. I can tell bc my heart's skipping more beats than normal lately.
So I looked it up ... there are effective treatments that can reverse the problem. That's when I rebelled against thinking of myself as a sick person and did yardwork for a couple of days so far. But I realize I need help, bc between taking care of hubby during his stormy recovery and my own chores, appointments and physical limitations, I'd be pecking away at landscaping and yardwork for the next year before I saw progress, so I'm going to look around for a helper for the digging-up part.
I also finally got in contact with some mfrs of custom solid shower bases. We desperately need to repair and renovate two bathrooms, but given our age and health it's not going to be a DIY project! So I'm going to get some comparative quotes for the two different versions I have in mind (one is a conservative shower replacement and the other is a reconfiguration) either tiled conventionally or with a solid-surface base and walls, and fly them past hubby.
I know how to do this bc I used to put out things for bid when I was working. I know hwo to drilldown on spec and details bc that's where the problems usually arise. That's how I got a great deal on our solar panels! And with house prices plunging and the upcoming holidays I expect contractors will be looking for work so this might be the best time for these projects.
So, onward thru the fog.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Wet when I went out but dry now. Got a bit of veg, returned something to the library and picked up a couple of other things.
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Well, I got my driver's license renewed today, woohoo! They allow two consecutive mail-in 5-year renewals, but then you need to go in person. New thumbprint (they had a hard time capturing that! Chemo made my prints indistinct, and yardwork put a lot of small cracks in my skin. In two years it probably won't look the same, heh.)
New eye test. One of my eyes passed, but I need new glasses!
New photo, with my post-chemo plush-toy hairdo, which also won't look the same in two years!
But renewal done, and a worry off my mind. Anyway, I think I'll splurge and celebrate with a pizza.
And now, to clean to dog's teeth and go over the ballot...
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Out for my walk in the dry soon. Rains have stopped for now.
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Got the jambs up on 3 of the windows yesterday and ripped down the parting stops for the doors before my friend's dad had to leave. (I really should just be calling him my friend too at this point).
I just insulated the door with spray foam after sanding, breaking and priming the stops that will go over the insulation. Those door/window cans don't go nearly as far as the regular stuff though... There's no way I'm going to be able to do about 3 more windows worth of gaps with just one can.
I'm going to paint them soon and probably install them today, but it looks like I'm probably on my own today and it's cold and I'm not really feeling it anyhow. I'll probably vac/clean everything up in the porch and the garage before installing them and call it a day. We have warmish days coming... probably for the last time.
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