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Crisp cold mornings, sunny days and lots of autumn colour. Loving the weather

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Originally posted by SignyM:
I bet your yard looks great now!

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After nearly destroying the lawn by obsessively/compulsively mowing it too short all last spring and summer, I joked to my Dad that it looked like Harvey Weinstein's face after the snow melted in March. OPPS!

I've only mowed it 4 times so far this year, and I'm using the highest setting on the mower every time. It actually looks phenomenal compared to last year. And even though I still had dandelions after weed 'n feed applications last year, it was half of what it used to be, and since I wasn't obsessing over it I can hardly believe that the season has already passed and I'd hardly even given it any thought compared to how they were plaguing my thoughts last year.




Tomorrow I'm going to get my hoses out and hopefully spray the weed 'n feed and get my proper insect poison spread around the foundation of the house and garage.


I really wish I took pictures of how bad I let this house look back in the depths of the drinking so I could really compare them to how everything looks now.

Light years.

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Thanks for the encouragement!

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Out for a walk in the rain. Need some groceries.

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Put the poison down today and got the hoses out right before the big rains set in.

One of the hose nozzles is knackered and I'll need to get a replacement. Luckily for me, they're on sale right now for a great price so I'm going to pick up a few backups when I go out.


Going to clean the kitchen/bathroom/living room and get some laundry done. I'll be going to my Grams and aunts probably tomorrow night through Friday to help get some more things done while my aunt is on vacation, but they're probably coming over this weekend for the first time in a few months to see what I've been working on since they've last been here, so I want the place really clean.



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What a chore. It's one thing to walk in the rain occasionally bc you like it. It's another thing to have to do it over and over to run errands. Same with snow and ice. I hope it dries out for you soon.

May your rain only fall at night!

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Put the poison down today and got the hoses out right before the big rains set in.

One of the hose nozzles is knackered and I'll need to get a replacement. Luckily for me, they're on sale right now for a great price so I'm going to pick up a few backups when I go out.


Going to clean the kitchen/bathroom/living room and get some laundry done. I'll be going to my Grams and aunts probably tomorrow night through Friday to help get some more things done while my aunt is on vacation, but they're probably coming over this weekend for the first time in a few months to see what I've been working on since they've last been here, so I want the place really clean.



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And just think... a few short years ago, you wouldn't have been ABLE to clean your house!

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lol, right? Having so much crap that you can't do anything is a good excuse for not doing anything.

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You guys planning on going out to eat?

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Mah jong in the morning. Then I have to remember to get some allergy eye drops.

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Mah jong in the morning. Then I have to remember to get some allergy eye drops.

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I've been teaching myself Sudoku and even tho it's a game (mostly) of logic, some games ARE harder than others and some REQUIRE taking a guess. Even in that, there's luck involved. So, best of luck!

eh, with me it's a permanently stuffed nose that interferes with sleep. Sigh. Someone used to work for me who had no allergies at all, can you believe it???

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Chicken legs cooking for supper but not sure what will go with them.

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Chicken legs cooking for supper but not sure what will go with them.

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We has chicken too, chicken and dumpling soup. Bc it's our whole meal I put a lot of vegetables in it- carrots, celery, onion, peas and chopped parsley.

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Chicken legs cooking for supper but not sure what will go with them.

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We has chicken too, chicken and dumpling soup. Bc it's our whole meal I put a lot of vegetables in it- carrots, celery, onion, peas and chopped parsley.

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That sounds good. I just had some pasta to go with mine. Don't know about tomorrow. Thinking about making some more homemade apple sauce to go into some tart shells I have.

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We has chicken too, chicken and dumpling soup. Bc it's our whole meal I put a lot of vegetables in it- carrots, celery, onion, peas and chopped parsley.

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That sounds good. I just had some pasta to go with mine. Don't know about tomorrow. Thinking about making some more homemade apple sauce to go into some tart shells I have.

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I'll bring the dinner if you make dessert?

I'm not much of a baker. Could never get the hang of it. Pot pie (with top crust only to save on carbs) is about as far as I got.

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Sounds like you did a lot of good work for your grandmother and aunt, SIX. I'm sure they were very pleased.

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Ended up getting a ton of stuff done at Grams.

The basement I used to live in hasn't been cleaned in 12 years since my uncle who was living down there passed away. I hadn't even been down there in years even when I did go over there. My aunt was hoping I could sweep the floors for her.

Did a lot more than that. Got all the cobwebs off the ceilings and walls, moved everything that she said needs to be thrown out (which was everything not attached to the wall) out to the garage to be salted out with the trash over the next month or two, and then I swept up the floor. My aunt says that's the most empty the basement has been since they first bought the place when she was 3 years old. Once everything is out we're probably going to power wash the walls and floor since there are drains down there.

Next time I go back I'm going to do the same to the bedroom and large closet I'd built for myself down there and the fruit cellar if time permits. There's quite a bit of mouse crap in both of those spots though, so it might take more than one day. They took care of the mouse problem last fall, but it must have been worse than my aunt thought. I know where they're coming in, so I'm going to take care of that before winter.

There's also a janky light right by the washer/dryer setup, so I'm going to get a new one and fix that for her. The washer/dryer setup was horrendous too. It really must have been a nightmare for my aunt to even go down there to do laundry, having to duck and weave through the cobwebs and just have that shit all over the place. I gave the washer/dryer a real good cleaning with some bleach and cleaned off a shelf and cabinet on the wall that I installed about 20 years ago now after throwing out about 40lbs of junk around that area so now there's a nice clean place to put the laundry detergent and fabric softener as well as the drain catches and some household cleaning products.

Hopefully all the pictures I'd put down there in plastic cases are still fine, but other than that it's all being junked.


I think my aunt is starting to have a real hard time keeping up with the house and taking care of my grandma on her own. At this point, anything I can do to make life a little easier for her is a win. I didn't let her help me with any of that work today and told her to just relax and enjoy one of her last few vacation days before going back to work.


I didn't have time to play Upwords with Grams though. I promised her that we would when I come back next week.

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Nah.... the Stepford Wives of the USA have fogotten all about it!

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That was some seriously awesome work, SIX.

I divide work into the kind of stuff you have to do every day (brush teeth and, in my case, cook and wash dishes), the kind of work you have to do every week (sort mail, water potted plants etc) the work you have to do every few weeks, and the work you do maybe once a decade or might not even have to repeat in your entire lifetime.

THAT once-in-a-decade kind of work is a real accomplishment. I hope you're as pleased with your work as your aunt is!

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My aunt sure was. My grandma's probably already forgot that I was even over though. :(

But the good news is that I get to tell her all about what I did there today again tomorrow.



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Mone of my sisters who was never good at paperwork was taking care of our mom. They had a room full of paperwork, which I sorted when mom was in hospital during of of her stays. A lot of Explanation of Benefits which gave me insight into dad's final years and decades-old bank statements from accounts long-since closed. I boxed it all up categorically and even bought a filing cabinet to sort out the financial records for when it came to.e to do an asset search. Found a few literal shares of stock (not worth much, if anything) but in the end made sorting the estate easier. Also did long term care insurance reimbursement filing which was a PITA bc sis paid by week and reimbursement was by month. At one point we also took down furniture and tossed a lot of junk from the basement.
Anything you can do along those lines is a big help.

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I agree. Messing with your grandma's immediate environment would be disorienting and distressing. She may be depending on those things to help her remember.

I try to get dear daugher to let go of things bc she's got hoarding tendencies. But bc of her seizure disorder she can't remember much of her past.... but when something does trigger a memory it's detailed. When I try to get her to give up some things. She doesn't communicate well, but she managed to get out "I don't remember and now you're taking these away from me too". It was very sad and heartfelt.

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Just a lazy Sunday around me again.

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Just a lazy Sunday around me again.

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Me too, Brenda.

I was going to work on cleaning my house today, or at least as much as I could get done before my aunt and grandma came over, but with it hitting 90 degrees today and my aunt's A/C out in her car, we agreed to put it off for another weekend. So instead of doing right and getting a jump start on cleaning the house anyway, I've done nothing all day and it's been pretty nice.



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and one of my verbena lilacena died, I only have two left ... another good representation




white monkeyflower


blue-eyed grass



I hope, when all is done, that you would feel as if you were in some very nice landscape, something that nature had put together in a happy combination of loveliness.

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and one of my verbena lilacena died, I only have two left ... another good representation




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I hope, when all is done, that you would feel as if you were in some very nice landscape, something that nature had put together in a happy combination of loveliness.

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The lie that is Signym

Signym has solidified her role as being a stupid evil troll in these threads. We are once again witnessing her never ending support for Putins’ rampage against women and children. Yes, just as we did with Syria and Chechnya in the past, today we witness her support for Putin over Ukraine.

She always offers her support for Putins’ criminal assaults on civilians. And all other Russian criminal endeavors. The hundreds upon hundreds of targeted and destroyed civilian entities. Hospitals, schools, orphanages, senior homes, cultural centers and theaters where women and children attempted to take refuge from Russian bombs. You name it. All supported here by Signym, kiki and yes Jack. In Jacks case, to not condemn an evil act is to support an evil act. Some cower from the evil, and yes sadly, some try and capitalize on it. Like to use it to troll in these threads.

All three project lunacy because their propaganda cannot change facts into lies as they would like. The problem they all have, is the facts stay with us and the lies do not. The facts come from the best sources possible and the lies do not. All their attempted deflections away from the truth while trying to promote fake propaganda, is being defied by most of the democratically elected world leaders. And the world’s mainstream press.

I now have to admit I am now wondering if Jewelstatefan is not just another of Kikis’ bots.


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Well to quote Antonio Banderas in Desperado, "You Miss Me!" *L*

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No rain while I was out. Put off the grocery shopping as I realized I had to get a birthday present for a friend. Her birthday is on Sunday. And when I took a turn around the grocery store the most appetizing thing I found was some ice cream on sale. *L*

So, we shall see what happens tomorrow.

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Well to quote Antonio Banderas in Desperado, "You Miss Me!" *L*

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Love that scene.

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No rain while I was out. Put off the grocery shopping as I realized I had to get a birthday present for a friend. Her birthday is on Sunday. And when I took a turn around the grocery store the most appetizing thing I found was some ice cream on sale. *L*

So, we shall see what happens tomorrow.

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