Category Archives: Misc
Love notes from ~Me~
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Love’ has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything. Katharine Hepburn
Dearest Curmudgeon,
I give my heart to you each day with no reservations. Hold it gently, protect it fiercely, and it will always be yours.
Love,
~Me~
Dearest Aunties and Cousins,
I love you all very much.
Love,
~Me~
Dear friends,
My heart has room for many, do come in.
Love,
~Me~
My precious pups,
You are the beat of my heart.
Love.
~Me~
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Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer, Writing
You are never to old to dream
Posted by doggonedmysteries
There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream – whatever that dream might be. Pearl S. Buck
Never believe anyone that tells you can’t for if you do you’ve let them take a dream away. As a girl I had many dreams that an older relative took great joy in smashing.
Much older now, I realize how naive I was to allow that to happen. When I grow up, I will be a writer.
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Techno schmecto just make it work!
Posted by doggonedmysteries
So now my printer and computer aren’t talking to each other. ARRRGH!!! I have the printer wired to the desk top computer and still won’t talk to it. At this rate, I need an in-house computer geek.
The printer is fairly new. It worked fine before the computer needed work done.
It has me wondering if it will talk to my lap top. I’ll try that tomorrow. I don’t feel like running up and down stairs now. Yes, I’m lazy and it’s two freaking a.m.
I wonder, if I can’t get the computer and printer working together, do I have to haul both over to my computer guru to see if he can get them working together?
Shoot me now. I hate driving over there.
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Happy belated Birthday Curmudgeon
Posted by doggonedmysteries
The Curmudgeon’s cane arrived from https://www.elderluxe.com/ today. It is gorgeous. I thought I’d ordered it early enough to get it by The Curmudgeon’s birthday back in January, but I was wrong.
If you plan to order a gift from them, give it plenty of time. I can say with conviction that this item was worth both the price and the time it took to get here. The Curmudgeon is delighted with it. 😀 I did good!
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
The Paypal debacle
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Well, I tried to open a Paypal account again. I have one now but they don’t like my bank or something. I’ve jumped through their hoops a few too many times and I refuse to leap another one. Let’s just say I have a ‘minimal’ account with them and leave it at that.
Automated teller machines hate me too.
I do believe it is my bank’s fault. They’ve never once in 37 years had the correct numbers on our checks. We always have had a problem when someplace wants a routing number or other such thing.
Once a year, at the very least, I have to call them and ask for the proper numbers.
How about you? Did you jump through all their hoops? Or, perhaps you are smarter than I am and you don’t deal with them.
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Updates
Posted by doggonedmysteries
The Curmudgeon had a strange day yesterday. His balance sucked but he said he felt pretty darned good in spite of that. Go figure.
Gavin and Patty are full of energy and chase each other about every morning now. I guess his UTI is getting better.
The roof on the MIL’s garage is STILL not done. The Curmudgeon talked to the roofer and got a few excuses. We’ll see what happens. If it doesn’t get finished soon he’ll have me to deal with and I’m never as easy to appease as The Curmudgeon.
Writing is still eluding me. Maybe once the house is finally on the market I’ll relax enough to work.
You all have a good one!
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer, Writing
Tight budget month
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Did you ever have one of those months where the money in the checking account seems to have disappeared into a black hole?
Yeah, that’s us this month. The vet bills–many more than usual, the repair of the old desk top, The Curmudgeon’s new glasses–both pair, bills, groceries…oops! The balance got low faster than usual. We’re going to have to budget carefully for the rest of the month.
Makes me real glad I put the lap top purchase on the charge card. I figure I can clear that charge in two or three payments.
I’ll need to stay out of Amazon and keep The Curmudgeon away from all those catalogs.
At least he’ll get his birthday present next week–they finally shipped his new cane.
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Just another day in in Paradise.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I was happy as a pig in a mud puddle when I got up yesterday and heard that The Curmudgeon had gone to the drug store to get the dogs’ allergy medications.
I was almost ecstatic to find out he’d also gone to the computer shop and picked up my desk top. Almost, because I had a question about my lap top that I’d planned to ask my computer Guru. Now I’d have to make a trip over there another day since he’d have to see the computer to answer the question.
The Guru had loaded the desk top into The Curmudgeon’s truck and it was my job to get it out, bring it in, and hook it up. The Curmudgeon can’t haul heavy stuff, he has no idea how to hook up a computer, and it was getting close to his nap time.
To my surprise he’d bought a wireless mouse–um, didn’t I just order one the other day? Well, it hadn’t arrived yet. Okay, two computers & two wireless mice, that works, no complaints from me. By that time my grin had grown.
He tells me he’s going up for a nap. Oh, joy! I can work on my computer in peace. Working away getting things set up the way I wanted them when I heard The Curmudgeon coming down the stairs and cussing on his way down. This didn’t bode well.
He’d broken his new glasses and practically dragged me out the door to run to the shop so they could fix them. Even though the sign on the front of the shop said ‘open’ the posted hours for the day said ‘closed’ and so did the locked door.
Arriving back at the house, we found all the other things we’d ordered last week, crammed between the doors, except for the carrying case for the lap top…. Monday is looking good for that.
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Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Yippee! New faucet!
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Old chrome faucet, leaky and full of hard water stains.
Lasted about 15 years.
Took longer to remove this than to put in the new one below.
New faucet, stainless steel and no leaks!
Maybe this one will last 20 years?
Thanks to Barry for removing the old one and installing this in an hour.
The Curmudgeon says that he knows it would’ve taken him two days.
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Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Home, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Passwords, a touch of insanity
Posted by doggonedmysteries
How many passwords do you have? I’ve changed all of mine. If a psychiatrist ever saw my new ones, I’d be residing in the nut hut. I don’t have passwords by the ‘dozens’ but I do have several. Most places today require a minimum of 8 characters and at least one should be a number.
Creating passwords is interesting. Passwords are also a bit telling. Many people use the names of their pets–not a good idea folks. You need to find cleverer things than that. Don’t use your birthdays, anniversaries, or the grandkids names either.
How creative can you get? As creative as you want so long as you can remember them. I have had to change passwords a few times because I forgot what one I used for the account.
Some of mine can tell you exactly where my head was at the time of creation. No, I’m not spilling the beans. I don’t want to change them all again.
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Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Another day…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
We didn’t get as much snow as it had sounded like we were going to get, much to my relief. AJ came and had our driveway and walk cleared in no time. The street isn’t in bad shape so if we have to go anywhere we can easily go.
If I was on my desk top I would’ve taken and downloaded pictures for the blog but I have no desire to load my lap top with pictures now.
Each time the dogs went out they reacted differently to the snow. One time Gavin loved it the next he couldn’t get out and back in fast enough. Patty raced about eating snow on a few trips and on others she too would dash out and right back in. I have weird dogs. Another Bull Terrier owner calls these dogs ‘short bus dogs’ by cracky she has the right of it.
You all keep safe and have a good one.
Posted in Dog related, Misc
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Shoot them all — Yep, I’m in a rotten mood.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I am NOT a happy camper since someone bombed me with a malware bomb and sent my computer off to the computer hospital for a few days. You’d think I’d be a little happy since The Curmudgeon decided that it was time for me to have a lap top as a back up computer.
Well, that sort of took a lot of the sting out of it. However, to those of you who think it is fun to hack, send viruses, worms, and malware out into the world I’m here to tell you that it causes heartbreak–I lost a couple of book chapters I worked very hard on thank you very much…I thought I’d backed them up as I normally do but I must’ve been over tired.
It cost us plenty money wise–paying for the repairs and buying the lap top. This means we’ll have to go without something this month–maybe a medicine. Did you even consider that? I doubt it because you only think of yourself. Personally, I hope all of you who do this rotten crap get caught and I wish they’d stand you against a wall and have a firing squad shoot you.
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Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer, Writing
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