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Those MS organizations? No, they don’t help him.

Nov 14

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     In all the years since The Curmudgeon was first diagnosed with MS to now,   I don’t think there’s been but one time the MS society was ever any help at all.  I’m not real sure how much or if they had something to do with the single time we got a useful item for free that actually aided The Curmudgeon.  His ice vest was/is a wonderful thing for him.

I do wish the MS society was of help.  They aren’t.  All they do is send us magazines with articles about relapsing remitting MS and nothing about his secondary progressive MS.  The other thing they do, is ask for money that we don’t have.

     He has a mobility scooter that is out of commission and no one will even look at it or attempt to fix it for him.  Therefore, taking the dogs out more than twice in the morning is impossible for him since he no longer has a scooter to use.  He misses being able to go beyond the confines of the house.

Getting him over to a place in another city  to pick up a much-needed walker is turning into a logistical nightmare.  There are days where disappearing somewhere to have a good cry is a necessity.

     You all have a good one.

 

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New monitor

Nov 13

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     I finally got off my butt and went to buy the new monitor I needed.  The curmudgeon grumped at me as soon as I got downstairs yesterday.

     “Took me 40 tries to get that damned thing going today.”  (Speaking about how we have to turn the old monitor on and off many times before it works.)

     “Let me have some coffee and then we’ll go get the new one.”  I wandered into the kitchen in search of sustenance. 

     After an infusion of caffeine, I got him and his walker loaded into the car and off we went in search of a new monitor.

     We went to Staples where a sweet young man practically pounced on us as soon as we entered the door.  “May I help you find anything?”

     “Monitors.”  I replied.

     He led us to an area where they had several set up, none of which were any that I’d seen in their online store.

     “Um, you had a Viewsonic and a Gateway online that I was looking at.  I don’t see any Viewsonics here at all.”

     “Sorry, but the online store often has things we don’t have.”

     Now I was fixing to whine.  ‘But I want to see the product in person before I buy it.’  That is until I spotted a couple of real nice ones that were cheaper and bigger.

     “Show me these, and do you have a measuring tape?”

     “Um, what do you need a measuring tape for?”

     “I forgot mine and I want to see if these will fit in the desk opening.”

     Meanwhile the Curmudgeon was looking at some I knew were too large for the space.  After I found one that I liked both the size and price, The Curmudgeon pointed out a larger, cheaper one that had a lovely picture.

     “I think you should get this one.”

     “You serious?”

     He nodded.

     “Hey, kid.  Go get me one of these.”

     You all have a good one!

A Picture of an Staples, Inc. easy button

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BBQ ribs!!!

Nov 11

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     A Facebook friend gave me a fabulous recipe for ribs starting with a wonderful dry rub and then a slow cooking method.  Well, I used the dry rub, had the ribs in it for 10 hours.  Then I put them into my crock pot with sliced onions under them and I poured a small amount of apple juice into the pot.  I cooked them on high for two hours and then turned them to low for three hours.  The last hour, I slathered them with BBQ sauce.  They were as yummy as they look.

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Help wanted: Shopping for a new computer monitor…

Nov 10

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     Okay all you electronics wizards tell me now, which brand computer monitor would you buy and why?  LCD or LED?  It cannot be any wider than 20.5 inches and no higher than 19 inches.  That is the space into which it must fit.  Plus, I do not have boatloads of cash.

     I’ve been looking at two at Staples:  A Gateway FHX2152L and a Viewsonic VA2212M-LED.

     My Xerox LCD monitor is beginning to crap out.  It has worked liked a dream for years.  Now we have to turn it on and off twenty times before it will start-up.

     You all have a good one.

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There’s a skeleton sitting in my chair…

Nov 9

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     Here it is November the ninth and I still have most of my Halloween stuff out and about.  In this house, there’s always some hanging about year round, but the majority is put away, except for now.

     Some of my Halloween stuff works well for Thanksgiving and Autumn.  😀

     I don’t put up Christmas decor at all.  It is not my thing.

     You all have a good one!

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Pictures… because I don’t feel like writing today

Nov 8

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  Me with some of my favorite people…

     You all have a good one!

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In memory of a very dear friend…

Nov 6

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     Our dear friend Chuck died.  The shock of the news hasn’t worn off yet and both The Curmudgeon and I feel numb.

     We met Chuck way back in the early years of our marriage, about thirty-five years ago.  He was a good friend to us all these years.  I even worked for him for a time. When he finally found Gail and married her, we were there.  When his father died, we were there.  When his mother died, we were there.  Although, during the last few years, we seldom got up to his place to see him, it never meant that we didn’t think of him often.  It’s just that driving for more than a very short distance is often too much for The Curmudgeon.

     I’m so glad we talked to him the other day. 

     Chuck, I am telling you now, we are with you again.  We are missing you and hoping your passing was painless.  No services for you, an idea I agree with, for I feel the same way about the whole business when I pass.  However, that doesn’t mean I can’t lift a glass in remembrance of you and all the drinking we all did when we were young.  *I raise my glass.*  Goodbye dear, dear, friend.  Go with love, go with peace, go with all the dogs and save us some good seats.

    You all have a good one.

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Election day.… I am so glad it’s finally over, that I really don’t want to watch the returns…. Surprise me tomorrow.

Nov 6

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     Don’t call me and try to convince me I should vote for your candidate today, or for that matter, all night last night.  I’ve made up my mind.  (Romney managed to hit us twenty times during our dinner last night and at least three times an hour up to two a.m.)  Lucky for him, the calls were robotic and not human.  I pity any human who could’ve called me by the end of that dinner hour, even more so, the one a.m. caller.  They would have had an earful of the choicest of cuss words strung together most creatively and telling them where to stick their candidate… 

     Note to candidates in the NEXT election who want my vote:  Don’t spend money driving me crazy with phone calls and TV ads, Don’t lie to me—I am not stupid or uninformed, and most of all keep away from mud-slinging.

     You all have a good one!  Don’t forget to vote.

 

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Scrambled brain cells?

Nov 5

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     I managed to write a couple of pages today.  However, hours later, after re-reading them, I deleted over half of what I wrote.  It seems as though my writing is two steps forward and three steps back all the time as of late.

     I don’t feel as though it is a case of over editing either.  It’s more like ‘how in the world could you write such crap?’ syndrome.  I can’t believe how awful my writing is lately.  It makes me wonder if it is the medications I’m on causing a short-circuit in my brain.  I do stop another one in two weeks, when the pills run out.  I hope it is the one that has my brain scrambled.

     As it is, I’ll keep struggling to get something on the pages.

     You all have a good one!

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Let sleeping dogs lie…

Nov 4

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     I love it when the pups dream.  Gavin will often do puppy barks in his sleep.  He has, on at least one occasion, howled in his sleep.  That was hysterical.  He didn’t wake himself but he sure woke up Patty.

     Patty doesn’t say much at any time and during sleep she’s no different.  However, her tail wags and her feet run against the side of the crate when she’s asleep.  She also snores louder than Gavin.

     Then there are the snores emanating from a certain lounge chair…. Yep, The Curmudgeon fell asleep in his chair again.  I’m not going to wake him.  Would you?

     You all have a good one!

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What is comfort food for you?

Nov 3

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     Some days you want a simple dinner and nothing fancy.  That was us last night.  Comfort food.  I made grilled cheese with bacon sandwiches and cream of tomato soup.  We couldn’t believe how well it hit the spot for us.

     We had so many large and somewhat fancy dinners all week, that was a nice change.  Fewer dishes to wash made it real nice after having to wash many dishes and pots and pans all week.

     I am sorely tempted to make simple meals all weekend to give me a break. 

     Comfort food, I think we all crave it most at this time of year.  What is comfort food for you?

     You all have a good one!

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Can anyone help?

Nov 2

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******EMERGENCY ALERT*******

A friend is in Concord NH Cardiac ICU, she was walking the dogs and had a spell.
The dogs: LYDIA is MISSING, they found ELSIE in a WELL!! We don’t know where BECK IS!!! ANYONE IN THE AREA OF SHAKER VILLAGE CANTERBURY,NH, please go HELP look for these Bull Terriers. Please call Kathy Brosnan @ 603-679-9507 to help look, or if you find her!

Beck has been found!!!!

Photo of Lydia, Ann Wiggins‘ missing Bull Terrier, showing her distinctive red ears and facial marking. She went missing yesterday at the Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH. Please share as widely as possible. Thank you

Photo: Photo of Lydia, Ann Wiggins' missing Bull Terrier, showing her distinctive red ears and facial marking. She went missing yesterday at the Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH. Please share as widely as possible. Thank you

 

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