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whodat111/susan posted an update Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022, 1:53am EST, 2 years, 4 months ago
Hi Potties! Guess it's time to catch up again. Time gets away from me these days.
Shelly - I too admire Katie's ability to downsize. I know I have to, but it's hard to choose which "treasure" is expendable. Sadly, much of the stuff at the old house can't be salvaged. There's been no heat or a/c for a good 10 yrs. & it's pretty much allowed cloth & paper items to ruin. Add "creatures" finding their way into the house & doing their own kind of damage & I'm OK with anything made of glass, china or pottery being salvageable but everything else is sifting thru trash to find what can be saved.
I used to love mangoes but these days I settle for going to the juice department at Walmart & getting mango nectar - believe the brand is Jumex & it's very tasty with no fibers to deal with.
I wonder if the recent shipping backlog issues are partly responsible for the increase in grocery prices - know that's the reason for many other price increases. I suspect the bulk buyers/hoarders don't help the situation either.Max - Don't guess you & I can trade weather - I seem to be having the same as you - just lower temperatures. The wind seems to be everywhere. My decks always seem to have leaves that need to be blown away & plenty of twigs & limbs to throw out into the woods. My birdbath had an ice "roof" when I put out birdseed yesterday so guess it will be a day or 2 before the fish can be thawed enough to feed.
It got below freezing last night & is supposed to be the same tonight & possibly a few upcoming days. It's playing hob with my camellia blooms. The bushes can take a fair bit of cold but the bloom are much more delicate. I took a small bouquet to the booth today when I went to pay the rent. Might be a week or so before current buds open & look good. It's the open bloom who suffer when it freezes.
I'm hoping for storm & wind-free weather next Mon. when my "Dawgs" play the loathsome "Tide". Will not mention the game to Zac - he's a Tide graduate & my 3 girls & 1 SIL are Dawg grads. My DirecTV dish is a good ways from the house & it hates stormy weather so good weather is essential.
I may make a grocery run to stock up on the next somewhat fair day so I won't need to go further than the mailbox the next few days. There's bound to be at least 1 day with no rain in the next couple of days.
I thought of you tonight while I was watching Roadshow. There wasn't much on tonght's episode that struck my fancy but I enjoy seeing what's out there.Katie - 7 degrees!!! I've lived in Anchorage, Albuquerque & Chicago but I was young & sturdy back then. Cold didn't bother me a bit then - not so now - I've become a wuss & don't like cold or heat anymore.
When did Mike serve & which branch? Have you tried to get help with the VA from either state or federal politicians? Once in a while you can find one who actually believes they should help the folks who put them in office.Gordon - I understand exactly how Sylvia feels. I love my 2 acres & would have to be drug off kicking & screaming. Sylvia's very lucky she had a spare bedroom & that you're willing to put down roots for now. You have a very kind heart.
I haven't been very useful the past few days. The trip to the booth to pay the rent, put out a few more smalls & remove the Christmas decorations was about the limit to my usefulness recently. I feel like I overdid by changing to fresh flannel sheets & vacuuming the front half the house in the same week. I've never been overly domestic & I use age & declining health as an excuse not to change that.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to get Selena to come pick up the family Christmas gifts before the cold "scorched" my camellia blooms. By the time I finally get her out here, I expect the hellebores will be ready to do their thing. When Zac blew the leaves off the driveway he buried the hellebore plants somewhat but I noticed today that they have a few bud stalks showing their heads above the leaves. I was pleased to learn a couple of years ago that they make a fairly long-lasting cut flower so I'll use them to replace my camellias for bouquets.
I saw Zac on the way to the booth today & he thinks Heather has/had Covid. They couldn't find a test to buy, nor could they get an appointment for a test until after she's passed the isolation period. He didn't want to expose me (just in case she had/has it) so I drug the trash out onto the deck when I got back home & he came over & got it up to the big can without coming inside. Maybe by the end of next week it will be safe for me to sweet talk him into getting some (if not all) the trash from the old house over here for pickup. I'd hoped to get him to put up a couple of plate display racks from the old house tonight but the racks & the carnival glass I plan on them displaying have waited all these years so a few more days shouldn't hurt. I haven't dodged the covid bullet thus far by taking unnecessary chances.Had best go for now. Everybody take care & don't let whatever your current weather is be a problem (especially far north frozen Marson). Later.
Susan