Another Attempt

A month ago my nephew was to have a dinner and the weather got so bad he had to cancel it. So the "rain" date is tonight and guess what, a 50-50 chance I will not make it. Could not get a Mom sitter for the amount of time I wanted to be gone so told him I will just come for dinner as Mom could handle a couple of hours alone OK (and she has her lifeline). But if the weather keeps on and there is either bad T-storms at the time or a Tornado warning, then I would not go. But Spring is here and that is great.

Also got the flashing fixed around the chimney yesterday afternoon so hopefully no more leaking in the attic. Had the Heating and AC guys out from Milford the day before yesterday. Wanted to make sure the water along the chimney was not condensation from having the new boiler installed 18 months ago and it needed a liner. Well, such a sweet kid and really looked it over, even climbed on the roof and found the flashing needed resealing. So, also had him service the A/C as it was close to 70 degrees. That way I only had to pay for one trip as their service calls start at $50.

Now, next week have getting the mower serviced on my list of things to do and I will be done with spring chores. I hope!

Found a place to get the old 35mm slides converted to a DVD so will get those finished sorting and on their way by the end of next week.

I still find myself the Queen of Procrastination, though.

There was a reduction of 14 points in my total cholesterol this last trip to the health fair for blood work. I was happy. Now to get it down even more. I used oatmeal and niacin for a couple of months to do that little trick. Now, if I would just get off my butt and add some exercise it would sure help.

Decent

sales on eBay finally. Found the Frankoma canisters packed in a box in the garage. Had got them last summer at a thrift store in York and while cleaning the garage last week, ran across them.
Brought better prices than I thought they would. Now hope I get paid. lol

Boy, the spring like weather and early morning light with the time changes makes me antsy. Of course, thinking about a trip to Texas doesn't help either.

Lots of family stuff going on. Illness mostly.

Got to get some stuff done.

Back to EARLY Spring

Hit 80 degrees on Monday then back to chilly temps. Looks like some rain in the forecast too.

Got a hair cut today and boy, it is still like pulling teeth to get what I want. She still has a hard time. I always come back to the house and get the scissors out and snip away. Also back to the library this afternoon. Hard to find the mystery/spy genre that I like any more. Think I have read most of them.

Maybe try to get to an auction on Sunday. Just have to see how it goes. There is one on Sat. too, but all of these are out of town.

spring cleaning

Started on the garage this morning. ugh worked about an hour and already taking a break. This will have to be done in stages. Need to put myself on a time table for some of these chores. Get them done before I leave end of May. And, of course, we can still have the S word around here for a while yet.

The Health Fair was in full swing this morning but no lines so I got out pretty quick.
Will be interesting to see the blood test results. I have been trying to do better with some of my eating. Blood pressure was OK. A little higher than normal but the nurse thought it was great.

Trying Again

from the browser I use most.

For the fourth TRY

Finally got to the stage that I had to convert to the new blogger. Just ticks me off and what a load of cr**p.. the three previous posts did not show up. Here is #4



LATER:

Well, what do you know..they show up now. Had to go to a different browser that I do not use very much. Nothing like making life harder.

Third try

I HAD to switch to this piece of crap blogger through whatever. This is the third post..bet it doesn't show up either.

What a bunch of crap

Finally HAD to switch to the new, improved blogger...well...not in my book!

Bunch of Crap

Well, they finally got me...had to move to the new blogger whatever with the Goofy Google account. What a load.

Need a Break

Been back since Nov 6 and sure could use a break. Right now still planning on getting out the end of May.

Mom is back to not wanting to be cooperative for her showers. I do not like it any more than she does. If it gets too bad will go back to Home Health and pay for an aide.

Got a late hospital bill in from 2 years ago. Naturally they tried to send it through as before. I have changed Insurances and they will not pay for it. The other thing is I am sure it is padded at the local hospital too as I think this is from CT scan at a neighboring hospital. Hard to believe it took this long to get a bill out!

Wonder what else this day will hold. Better be good!! LOL

Spring

Isn't far away according to the sounds I have been hearing. The coo-oo-oo of doves started in earnest a couple of days ago. It is amazing to me that the flimsy nests they build ever hold the eggs much less the young. There sure isn't as many around as there has been in the past. Today I must clean out the bird feeders. They have had frozen seed in them that turned moldy when thawed. Now just a gunky mess in the bottom.

Mixed up the sourdough bread this morning. It isn't real sour which suits me just fine. Hope to bake it off without problems in the @#*! oven referenced below. I may try to do one loaf in cast iron.

Trying Again

Have a new batch of sourdough starter going. Will be baking a loaf tomorrow. Keeping the starter fed seems to be a problem with me. Guess that is why I don't want a pet.
Today got lunch uptown. The volunteer fire dept. had Winsor chops done on a pit with baked potato, veggie, roll and two cookies. They were only asking for a goodwill offering.
I have burned both photos and iTunes for backup copies and so far, so good. Since there is more than one way to do it, I keep going back to the book to check. Sometimes the instructions aren't as clear as they could be. I am enjoying the radio and my playlist of tunes. More so than CD playback on the old 'puter. Of course, having some external speakers help with the sounds. I do like the Klipsch I got but I'm certainly not an audiophile. I almost got a pair of JBL Creatures but heard both bad and good on one of the forums so decided to go with Klipsch. I always wanted their bookcase ones years ago but never got them. They are vintage now. If I ever run across a pair not to out of sight pricewise, will grab 'em.

Ah, the Silky

feel of coffee with REAL cream. It's to die for. I read the ingredients in half and half and some sounded quite scary as do lots of things we ingest. So I had switched to light table cream. The local store was out so instead of getting half and half I picked up a pint of heavy whipping cream. Wow, what a treat. I just drink one cup of decaf with cream, then finish what coffee is left, usually about a half a cup, straight.

Decided to do my version of a heart stress test this morning. Much cheaper. I scooped snow off half the driveway. There were snow showers during the night and lots of blowing and drifting so part of the the driveway was clear and then a drifted area. I can get Baby out of the garage if I want to. Temperatures to go up starting tomorrow so don't imagine this snow will be around long. Come on Spring.