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Post by SAR01 on Oct 1, 2020 16:26:54 GMT -5
Well, October in all it;s glory today! we were working outside in the cool fall morning then Lightening, thunder and a down pour! it brought in the cold front! and it is 52 and tomorrow it might not make it to 55.... ummm... refreshing! lol our trees are already turning early this year.
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Post by plantlady on Oct 2, 2020 13:58:52 GMT -5
I haven't turned the furnace on yet but might have to as it will be in the lower 40's the next few nights. We didn't get the or storms that you did, SAR. It's still dry here. Hope CSue didn't lose power again.
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 3, 2020 20:49:25 GMT -5
Hope everyone is well. we are still working on a catio off the front half of the cat shed.. here's me pound in T posts.. cover with PVC pipes string fencing insert door...DONE... 2 days at the most. here is Rick (Engineer degree. take 3 days to measure re measure assemble tools and measure again... paint wood, windows and hinges, and oh door handles... pound in a post, decide something is not right so re do it and step back I am being lib.. but oh man. I told him 4 days tops to add a secure fence inside the secure fence! this is 15 days later only one day in 15 days... but re do.... every day! I am an eye ball it and make it look nice. he is intricately ecaxt to a ground that swells and a shed that floats.... I have to walk away. yes I am thankful for him doing it.. I asked for this 20 months ago. so my nerves are shot in the mean time we had to give the 7 surviving young ones their last vaccines... we lost one of the little guys after his surgery :( and lost 3 ferals about 4 weeks old 2 nights ago... so when I say I don't want any young cats.... he just does not register what I am saying... guess that is why I am short tempered as of late, because he sees cute fuzzy kittens to play with, I see holes I will have to dig for sick babies that die.... so anyway..... I am outside a lot and not even getting my house work done... and trying to get calls returned for winter maintenance, chimney inspections, furnace inspection and septic inspection (needs done for health certificates every 5 yrs.) I am not going out shopping like I would usually cause I get so short of breathe in the damn masks but I think I will make the effort to get out by myself this week. hope everyone has a great week end!
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 4, 2020 14:31:20 GMT -5
chilly cold today and .... I was going to do so much today and transplant some perennials I dug up.... guess that will have to wait for now! hope you all have a great Sunday! PS PL I just might have to turn on the heaters, too!
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 6, 2020 20:50:29 GMT -5
we are having a string of lovely fall days,. yesterday I transplanted perrenials and put Bulbs in the ground... and over did it all, I was in such pain.. oin bed at 10 I think
today I was washing linens and did 4 loads, and washed 1/2 the feeding cages, and worked in the garage, and helped him on that never ending catio.. I swear when he is done I might move in there! lol
hope you all are having a lovely few days!
I have calls into furnace guy to inspect, chimney guy to inspect and septic to inspect...
I hate it but I was in pain again tonight had to take a pill I only took 1/2 but I hate it, took it an hr ago, and I blessedly have no pain. my legs and feet swell so bad...I bought on of those foot/leg air compression things and it gets so tight I am afraid it my hurt more then help.
so anyway I have a few more areas to clean in the garage and getting ready to gently move more cays out of the house and into the other areas! all the kittens but one (she is just too tiny) are doing great about going into the garage and out to play with both the garage cats and the old timers in the shed.... tonight I am hoping they will stay all night in the garage... the last week, I put them out there, feed them ..play out there and before heading to bed I let them in for the night... but tonight it is all quiet... so I might let them stay out there! (Mean Mamma!) lol
Hugs and prayers for all!
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Post by plantlady on Oct 8, 2020 20:06:52 GMT -5
SAR, I don't know how you do all that you do!
Been in such a funk today. It was pleasant at the chiro office with him and the friendly people there this morning, but then reality hit me. Today would have been Jenny's 41st birthday. I grabbed something to eat and went to visit Ryan's grave and cried for both of them. I was on the phone last night for a long time with my sister Leslie, listening to her pain about losing Jenny. They were having a dinner to celebrate Jenny's birthday today.
Really nice weather here. We may get a little bit of from hurricane Delta, but it's not certain. My poor ex sister in law and her family live in Lake Charles, Louisiana and are about to get hit for the THIRD time this season. She was knocked into a ditch by a cow two days ago and is very sore yet having to deal with all the hurricane prep.
Best wishes and much love to all of you.
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 9, 2020 13:08:38 GMT -5
so sorry it is just hitting you and your loved ones over and over, PL
glad you had a good visit with your Chiro
it is lovely again today I am busy in and out and you can;t see any accomplishment, this is really getting me down. I thought for sure after 2 weeks of daily work on the catip it would be done, he keeps changing the plan, I am upset and it is not done. I have to figure out my next steps cause my nerves are about shot.. as bad as I thought I was lonely, I have come to realize I just want to control my OWN life the best I can. Dan and I had a yoke. sorry just venting... this should have taken no more then 34 days and that was just working leisurely,. now it is 2 weeks bad weather is coming and it is not done...
hope CSue is doing ok, I can;t imagine going through it twice. but she was so blessed with 2 good men,....
Hope Kona is holding up and her Dad is adjusting.. I know how hard that is....
hugs and prayers for all
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 15, 2020 19:31:22 GMT -5
has it been a week since I posted here???
been busy outside using the nice weather.... then today moved large things around and scrubbed after finding cat mess in the bed and along walls in family room... ugh but I see it as fall deep cleaning and they are all upset but they are in the garage!
hope everyone is ok
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Post by plantlady on Oct 15, 2020 22:27:10 GMT -5
I don't know where the time goes, SAR!
Leaves are finally starting to change color here and we've had nice weather. FINALLY got a little here from a cold front coming from the northwest. from the hurricanes keeps going just to our south. Frost warning tonight so I've got my plants outside covered. Still have a lot of tomatoes and peppers growing so hoping to keep them safe for awhile longer.
I met my boys for lunch yesterday at the city park where Ryan used to love going. There is a pavilion by the small lake there. While we were sitting there a big blue heron flew across the water within 50 feet right in front of us. So cool! We didn't get a photo but this is the bird.
Last night I accidentally knocked down a standing clock that we have had for about 35 years and it won't work anymore. It was just a cheap one and it was left at one of the apartments we rented out back in the 80's/early 90's, but the darn thing has been running faithfully all these years! I feel like I've lost a good friend.
Sending hugs to all!
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 16, 2020 20:49:02 GMT -5
Sorry about the clock, PL.. I have a waffle maker that was my grammas then moms and I have it ready to pitch since it will not work... I understand about losing a friend feeling.! I picked a bunch of green tomatoes and put them in paper bags.. and I have my mums that are in full blooming glory covered with a sheet. I have trimmed my hostas and sedums mid summer and they are both blooming now so I will probably lose them tonight... my hands hurt so bad, been sewing fence with wire for the catio... and with the arthritis. I am sure paying for it now! I think we have one more day then and if that thing is not done soon I am going to scream! he just keeps changing from what he says he is going to do. I go to help and he has changed plans again! plus I am working inside and pitching at this point I am pitching mine and his stuff and never let on I did it! that is nasty and I make sure it is junk... but I need to get order back. Hope everyone else is doing well.. hugs and prayers!
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Post by goldengirl on Oct 18, 2020 8:34:44 GMT -5
Hi, everyone. I hope you are well. Yesterday was our youngest daughter's wedding. Because of COVID, it was outside on a platform, 10:30 a.m. The sun shone on us from the east so it was ok temperature wise. Family was seated in front of the platform with distancing. Everyone else stayed in their cars. It was a beautiful ceremony. But the man across the road from the church pulled his pickup truck from his yard to the end of his driveway and cranked up the volume on his radio. He fired some shots into the air. After the wedding the minister said this man does this kind of stuff every time they have an outside event at the church. (They have had drive-up services since COVID restrictions set in.) I call it disrespect. But I guess the man's actions are covered by our amendment rights. One of my daughters took a humorous side to it and has composed a note to the man and lists some suggestions that might help him in his DJ business. ROFLMBO!!! She's going to mail it to him. This same daughter designed and made a mask to match my dress. I put it on. The groom's mother asked, "Are we supposed to wear masks?" I said, "My daughter made this for me. If I don't wear it I will be in trouble." I was the ONLY one who wore a face covering. I kept distance as best I could, and I that God protected that gathering yesterday because I am concerned about the family war that will be waged if either my husband or I get sick or die from COVID. It won't matter that we made the choice to go. The reception was small, actually just a luncheon for immediate family. I got instructions from the county health commissioner about how to handle it. I shared these instructions with my family. None of the instructions were observed. Masks were made. Nobody wore them, didn't even mention they were there just inside the door. We sat at our table. Others milled around in clusters. One of the girls had a panic attack because the door -- I had said it had to remain open -- was shut by someone in the bridal party because they were cold. Most people seem to be just moving on with their lives they way they always have. The part that I keep thinking about is that the minister is also a state representative to Columbus. Why weren't he and his wife wearing masks, his congregation? That's the question that keeps coming to my mind. SAR, I hear the same frustration in your words that I hear in your voice when we talk on the phone. Doesn't it sound like ADHD? He can't stay focused? Or maybe it's because we're getting older and can't always remember why we walked into a room?
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Post by plantlady on Oct 18, 2020 12:53:03 GMT -5
GG, Congratulations to your daughter and her new husband. Wow, everything is so complicated and crazy this year! What a disrespectful man that would do something like that during events at the church. I wonder if they could put a restraining order on him.
SAR, I hate it that you are having such issues with your hands, legs and feet. I'd say that maybe you ought to slow down and take it easy but I know you won't! It sounds like you two have very different personalities so I hope you can make some kind of compromises. Maybe sit down together with him and make a list of things to be done and prioritize them? It's got to be overwhelming to both of you sometimes.
Quiet day at home alone today, like most days. I should be getting more done!
Hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend.
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 18, 2020 19:38:25 GMT -5
GG I thought about you yesterday as it was such a lovely fall day! chilly but sunny and the colors are at peak up here.
yes he has adhd, he admitted that
PL I have sat with him explained to him and made lists in order of priority. sigh.... sweetheart of a guy, hard worker, I just need him to have his own place so I can come to visit and also, more important, have MY space! back!
cold and nasty day out there today....
the farmer is picking soybeans even though it rained all day! (they have a dry going that sounds like a train!)
Rick went to visit his mom this morning, came home, and the phone rang.. she called the police and cried HELP the hospital is holding me hostage and I can;t get out of my room.. so rick went back to sit with her....
I am sure the police have a work around when they get a call from the hospital ....
anyway worked in the house and had to turn on the furnace... Rick had ice on his windshield today.
prayers for all
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Post by SAR01 on Oct 21, 2020 18:20:59 GMT -5
we had , high winds and thunder and lightening over night into this morning then the sun broke through and the colors were so vibrant and beautiful....it was too wet to work outside though. I putzed around but you can;t tell, he was gone all day but I have totes and boxes in every room trying to make a room for him...he sleeps on the couch with the kitties, I do not allow ANY cats in my room. I have a queen guest bed piled high with totes so the cats cant get to it and the mattress is cover with the mattress wrap and that water proof thing and then a tarp then the totes hold it all in place. I told him he could use the bed but NO CATS and he HAD to keep it covered. well I see how that is not working out and I flat out told him if they pee and ruin that mattress he is buying a new one. so now his plan is to make a temporary wall to keep the cats out. I say over and over you know you need to find your own place so I do not want you making permanent changes here as everything worked for me. I plan to write a letter and then tell him again, then give him the letter. he really has a memory issue. it is sad, but I just am about to blow if things keep dragging on. sorry but I just need to get it out. I care very much for him and want to still see him, just not 24/7 and not HERE and not havoing to remind him of everything.... especially his meds. So I am this horrible person, but I am not going to pass judgment on myself right now. we are to have several nicer days but then they say it will take a dive and be really nasty this winter.. but who knows... CSue I hope you are getting along and coping as well as you can, I know Fred reminds you of Billy but I am glad he is there with you. it is surprising how much comfort and company they bring up. GG I am so glad they had a beautiful day for their wedding. PL, are all your plants about done? I ment to say I saw a pic of Hanah you posted a while ago, MY GOODNESS! she is almost a grown woman, and I can see YOU and Ryan in her! Kona, I hope things with you dad are moving along, I know how hard it is and worse when we are older.....((hugs))) waving to anyone I might have missed!
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Post by goldengirl on Oct 24, 2020 6:33:39 GMT -5
Hello, my friends. It has been a challenging couple of days. I was called to my brother's home Wednesday morning. His granddaughter couldn't get him to wake up. EMTs, I am told, did CPR -- compressions for 18 minutes to get a beat. He was taken to the hospital, but never regained consciousness. He passed away at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. I am OK. One of his friends saw his spirit and knew he was gone, but he looked well. She said she didn't know how I felt about stories like that. She did not know what time he passed and I didn't tell her until I knew when this event happened. The timing fits and I am comforted to know that my brother is OK where he is. Thank you for prayers and thoughts. I appreciate them very much.
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