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I am signed up for Medicare and Social Security. I am officially old a senior citizen almost 65.

It took us two hours to get everything done, including me making a mad dash back home for my typed, delicate from age paper, 2 page birth certificate from Japan, which I was told I would not need. I was told that my official US State Department issued birth certificate was enough. Nope. They needed to see the typed one too.

I was told to bring our wedding license and my driver’s license. That was all I’d need but I did have a copy of my State Department issued Birth certificate with me but that wasn’t good enough for the information they needed for me. Glad I only had to make a quick 8 block run to get it and got the same parking space upon my return.

Thank goodness we had a very patient trainee who, in turn, was glad we were very patient. (She considered us a great learning experience.)

2 hours later I was signed up for my Medicare, SS and we were both issued new SS cards because our SS cards were close to falling apart.

So, here’s the deal for an easier time with the Social security office:

1. Make an appointment to go to your nearest SS office 3 months before your 65th birthday. If you just drop in you might wait hours to see someone.
2. Bring more documentation than they ask for–*birth certificate, driver’s license, wedding license.
3. Bring your spouse. As in my case, they do need to ask him/her questions too.
4. Bring you check book or bank statement. (For setting up direct deposit.)

I turn 65 in March.

I have an appointment at Social Security today.

Getting old sucks.

We should remain the age our brain thinks we are.

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She hates when there are fireworks either outside here or on TV.

She watches TV frequently.

Tonight she was watching a dog show on Animal Planet. I get more of a kick out of watching her than the TV.

LOL

Happy New Year to everyone!

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Made the decision, that…well he should (finally) replace my desk top that he got hacked a few years ago and thus left me stuck with my lap top.

For years now I have missed the comfort of my back lit keyboard.

I missed my big monitor. I didn’t have to lean forward and awkwardly tilt my head to read the screen.

So sometime soon, in this New Year, I will be enjoying a new desk top and I will shred the content down to e-mail access and word on my lap top and give that to him to use. Like he’s going to use it more than once in a great while.

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There are favorite little toys. Most of them are target dog toys.

I added a new one and it arrived today.

Hi,

Momma spent the day in her PJs and sipping on ginger ale when she wasn’t sleeping.

She feels much better tonight but thinks she’d better buy more ginger ale tomorrow just in case.

Love to all,

Lucy

Hi, Lucy here.

Momma spent the night throwing up her toenails.

I am snuggling her.

I realized that today when I pigged out on the cookies G gave us.

This is why I seldom bring home anything other than dark chocolate candy. At least I can limit my intake of the candies because I try to stretch them out.

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So Individual #1 was whining on twitter (as usual) …he’s all alone.

Yep, you sure are you big bag of foul wind.

Most of us wish you were alone in a prison cell facing charges of treason and the fitting sentence that goes with the conviction.

Up against the wall–No, not that one–Mother fucker, the wall you stand against for the 21 gun execution for treason to this country salute.

We all wait with bottles of champagne to celebrate your ending.

Good friends, good food, good time!