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Phooey on grocery shopping and how much it costs.

Jul 26

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     I really hate grocery shopping.  I know I’ve said that many times before but it is true.  Today’s shopping wasn’t too bad, the store was practically empty.   It was the cost of them, the unloading of the car, and putting it all away that about killed me.  The Curmudgeon tried to help but he can only carry so many heavy bags and then he has to quit.

     My list wasn’t as long as past lists but I swear the groceries cost two times more than the last time…again.  It’s not as though I went to an expensive grocery store either, I shopped at a discount grocery store.  If the prices keep rising we are nearing a beans and rice three times a week budget.

     You all have a good one!

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Two before and one after pics of the tree

Jul 24

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Tooth is going bye bye today

Jul 17

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   I’ve had teeth extracted before so I know I’m not going to be feeling wonderful for several days.  Therefore I am taking a slight vacation from posting on my blog.  I’ll be back sometime next week so keep checking back!

     You all have a good one today and for the rest of the week.

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So the tree guy won’t be here until wednesday….

Jul 17

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     Meanwhile more damage is done to my poor tree by waiting–another branch broke under the weight of the broken parts yesterday.

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Where has my energy and time gone?

Jul 16

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     I really dislike when things get ahead of me.  It then seems to take forever and more energy than I have to catch up.  The garden is a mess and I haven’t the energy and the temperature is not conducive to working out there.  I hate having my garden look so crappy.   It needs a ton of weeding done and a good layer of mulch put down.  

Don’t get me started on how far behind I am on housework and writing.  I have all the good intentions in the world about getting things done, but before I know it, days have passed me by.

     The Curmudgeon’s mobility scooter has died and he’s completely stuck in the house making for an even more curmudgeonly Curmudgeon.  I have no idea how to repair it and when he asked the company about it they blew him off–how wonderful.

     *Sigh*  I hope you all have a good one!

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Not a Mastercard moment… Oh wait, it will be….

Jul 14

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     Having to get up an hour earlier than planned to have to dash to oral surgeon’s office because he had another place to be=pissed that there’s an hour gone I’ll never get back.

     Paying $93.00 for a ‘consultation’ which was five minutes of the oral surgeon’s time=very unhappy

     Not having to pay for ANOTHER x-ray because I raised a stink about it=maybe a little happy

     Having a tooth extraction and bill for $226.00 looming in my future=very, very unhappy.

     Knowing I might get a few days of pampering out of it=priceless

     You all have a good one!

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I’ve become a lazy baker and cook.

Jul 13

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     Hehehe!  I baked oatmeal cookies tonight and kept tripping over two dogs who thought whatever Mom was making smelled wonderful.  I don’t spend time mixing batter and fussing anymore.  I get most of my meats and some other items through a lovely company called Five Star Home Foods  http://www.fivestarhomefoods.com.  They have several different cookie doughs.  😀

     I love their cookie dough because I can bake exactly what I want, usually 4 cookies, two for me two for The Curmudgeon.  We get fresh from the oven cookies.  I don’t have to dirty a mixing bowl and their cookies are good.

     Yes, after years of being an excellent baker and cook, I have gone the lazy route.

     You all have a good one!

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Short post today.

Jul 12

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     Well, I did it.  Cracked a molar.  I’m so glad I finally got in to see my dentist who just got back from vacation.  He’s sending me to an oral surgeon to have it extracted.  However, all his fooling around that tooth to see what was going on, has me in some pain so I’ll be heading out early.

     You all have a good one!

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Lovely day for walk.

Jul 11

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     Yesterday was the perfect weather for a walk in the park.  It was warm but we had a lovely breeze to keep us from over heating.  The humidity we’ve had lately was gone, hurrah!

     We did the short route though because G’s knee was bothering her but we did get in a mile and a half.  I do enjoy our park and hated to see what Saturday’s storm did there.  We were checking out the storm damage while we walked.  There were several trees that lost large branches. 

     G says quite a few trees in the cemetery sustained some damage too.  Her husband is working to help clear the many downed branches.

     When we arrived home the pups wanted me to take them out in the yard, they too are enjoying the change in the weather. 

     You all have a good one!

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It grew to 150 feet…

Jul 9

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     As we wait today for the tree guy to come, I remember the day my mother, The Curmudgeon, and I went looking for a tree to plant here.  We went to three different nurseries.  I was looking for two trees one for here and one for the side garden area.  Mom said she would buy one.

     Finally, in the third place we tried, I found a Sweet Gum I liked, it was about five feet tall.  We walked for a long while when Mom stopped, pointed,  and said, “There it is.  There’s the perfect tree.”  She was right.  It was a big leaved fast growing native shade tree, a six-foot tall, beautifully shaped Tulip Poplar.

     A storm passed through here Saturday night.  Lightning struck her tree.  This beautiful tree that shades the entire side of the house and keeps us cooler in the summer.  I’m hoping the tree guy can save most of the tree.  I know we’ve lost a large part of the top…

     I’ve lost Mom, I don’t want to lose her tree too.

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A letter to my baby sister

Jul 7

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Dear Mary,

I think of you every day.  I thought about you today.  Not one of those ‘I wish you hadn’t died and left us, I miss you so much’ thoughts mind you, but a happy ‘remember when we…’ thought.  It made me smile so big and made my heart feel very light.  I had a soaring of joy fill me and take wing.  For once, I didn’t cry, although now that I write this, I can’t say that.  I wonder, do you think of me on the odd occasion?

With love,

Me

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Really, you haven’t had enough fireworks?

Jul 5

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     For a city where fireworks are illegal there certainly were far too many going off all over the place.  The noise began long before dark and continued well past 1 a.m.

      The fireworks began around here clear back in May, with an overload of them hitting us last night.  I’m so glad my dogs are not afraid of them but I feel so sorry for the dogs that are.  I do wish the idiots that have so much fun setting the damned things off had an inkling of the stress they cause. 

     At least the city, when they do their fireworks display, has the courtesy of stopping at ten at night.  Unfortunately, around here, they will go all night and continue through the entire summer. 

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