Vince – The Sign Guy – Indian Hills, Colorado
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Notecard Set – 5 Different Hand-Painted Designs and Envelopes – “Thumbelina” – $19.95 with FREE SHIPPING to the contiguous U.S.
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It’s dark and stormy-looking right now. Some of the forecasts say the rain will stop before we’re supposed to leave to join our friends at Lunch Bunch. We’ll probably go anyway, but we won’t go grocery shopping if it’s pouring. It’s nice not to wake up to fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk temperatures this morning. It’s only 80 right now.
My husband got the belt back on the mower and finished the yard yesterday, so HIS part is finished. I was going to weed whack today. Maybe I’ll still be able to do that later today.
I spent yesterday afternoon trying to find out why our American Express card charge wouldn’t go through for the meds I was trying to buy for my husband. The phone tree thingy said the card was fine, but the chat lady said the card had been canceled due to inactivity. We reapplied, were accepted and should get new cards in the next week or so. Then the NEXT time we order the meds, we can use the new card.
No time spent in my art room yesterday, but maybe things will smile on me this afternoon, no new crises will have erupted, and I can spend awhile playing. There’s always a CHANCE! :0)
Meanwhile, I wish you a happy Friday and a wonderful weekend.
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WONDERFUL HAIR STYLIST –
It’s such a pleasure to deal with someone who –
I have all that in Michael Remillard, owner/stylist of Tangles in Greenwood, 40 Town Square, 72936. 479-996-6366. My husband and I call him the miracle worker. My husband says Michael “heals” him. I’m delighted that I look as if “someone has a definite plan” when he finishes with me.
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TRYING TO GET MEDICINE FOR MY HUSBAND – and aftermath –
It looks like, after hours on the phone and jumping through hoops, plus a bit of begging, I have found a source for the medicine my husband needs, and have ordered and arranged payment for it. The next thing we’re waiting for is an invoice in my husband’s email. I’m more relieved than I can say. He NEEDS this medicine. Due to the donut hole in medical insurances, it has become totally unaffordable. My doctor’s office finally took pity on me, agreeing to provide a paper prescription. The pharmacy has accepted it and it looks like we’re in business with a price we can afford. WHEW!
AFTERMATH –
The surprising thing at the end of this was that our American Express card payment was declined. That’s the only card this place accepts. Yesterday I was too tired to deal with it, arranging for them to send us an invoice which I’ll pay with an e-check. Today I called American Express, getting the message ‘all is fine. Please try again.’ I did, and got the same decline. Tried to go to our account online, but when the site came up, we got a message saying the card had been canceled. I finally talked to a lady on chat who said it was due to inactivity. I ended up applying for a new card. Happily, I could do it online, was accepted, and two cards will be delivered on the 31st.
OUR MARRIAGE IN A NUTSHELL –
I hugged my husband before leaving to get my hair cut this morning. I said, “You mean everything to me. Take care of yourself.” He hugged me back, saying, “I would die without you – – Don’t die.” This man makes me angry, frustrated, melt with love, and laugh in the space of one exchange. (I’m still threatening to call our man with the backhoe to dig a hole in the back yard for him, but we are totally addicted to each other at this point.)
Hope your day has been a good one.
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Just a quick note before I leave for errands.
I’m going to get our mail and go for a haircut.
My husband went straight out to our shop this morning to get the main belt back on the mower so he can finish the yard. He says he only has about 5 minutes left before finishing. It’s going to be lethally hot again today, so I’m glad when he finishes, this is it for him outside today. We can hope the forecasters are correct that we’re supposed to get a bit of a break tonight or tomorrow.
I hope your day is a happy one. I’ll write more when I return.
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I was listening to Fox News the other day when Sandra Smith was citing an article that said nearly half of the tap water in the U.S. was contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ that caused cancer, according to tests by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Since I’ve been STRIVING to drink more water, and usually just fill up a glass from the tap and drop some ice from our ice maker into it, I took notice.
My husband researched whole house water filtration systems and we decided they were too expensive. There were under the sink systems, but that wouldn’t help the water that the fridge uses for making ice. Both my husband and I use a LOT of ice, particularly during this time of the year.
I remembered that we got some kind of pitcher filtration system quite awhile back and stashed it – just in case. We got it down today. It comes with a testing device, so we tried it. (It said if the filtration system tested ‘6’ it was time to change the filter.)
We first changed the filter on the fridge and dumped all the ice. We now have the new pitcher system filled with filter water (tested) in the fridge ready to drink. I have just ordered more filters for the system.
We bought the ZeroWater System because of the reviews we read years ago. We have confidence, after running our own tests today, that it is actually DOING something and not just something to make us FEEL like we’re doing something.
The system came with a filter and we had bought one extra. I just bought this six-pack of filters. I was really surprised by the results on the water with ice from our fridge. Truly cringe-worthy. I’ll stay stocked up on filters for our fridge, too, even though they’re expensive.
I feel a bit silly, I have to admit. We’ll probably be hit by a bus, or be hit by a comet or something, rather than getting cancer from our drinking water, but I feel better. I remember my mom ( who was dying of oral cancer) triumphantly telling me that her doctor told her that her cholesterol was ‘perfect’ – after years of battling her numbers…
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SUMMER –
The heat index is forecast to be between 110-114 this afternoon. If anyone is taking a vote, I vote, “No, Thank you.” I’m going to TRY to get my husband to wait until around dinner time to mow, though he was out walking up and down our steep driveway yesterday while I programmed, trying to get our two driveway detectors to work the way they should. I’ve gotten better at grabbing and wetting a washcloth to put on the back of his neck and wipe his face while simultaneously pouring him a cold drink while getting him to his chair before he collapses. He promises to make better decisions, but he lies. While he’s mowing, I’ll check our tomatoes and hopefully spray to kill some weeds.
ERRANDS –
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I’m determined to at least get up to my art room today, just to take some time to mess around, if not actually start something.
Enjoy your day.
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Hakan Kapucu @1hakankapucu on Twitter.
This made me laugh out loud. THANKS. I needed this!!!
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CONVERSION TO LED PROJECT –
We have decided “positively” (:0) ) that we will call a hiatus in converting fluorescent fixtures with regular fluorescent tubes to LED tubes unless we HAVE to because of failing bulbs. The one exception to this is the 8 foot LED tubes my husband ordered to put in our shop. The remaining ones in the house are in much-less-used areas, so we can put a cap on this project soon.
DRIVEWAY SENSOR PROJECT –
After fighting with our driveway sensors for another half hour in the rapidly increasing heat this morning, we have now designated this project one for the “FALL.” (We are trying to change the sound one of the two make so we can figure out if we have a vehicle in the driveway or just a deer – or our cat.) It’s too hot for my husband to walk down, stand in the heat, and then walk up over and over. We were using walkie talkies, but they weren’t working well, either. The gremlins are out in full force these days.
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DREAMS –
I was dreaming of all kinds of things I would like to try in the art room. Maybe now that we’re not changing lights or working on the driveway detectors, I can get up to my art room for a bit today.
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I think I MAY have solved the problem of continuing to receive a medication for my husband at a price we can afford.
We reached the ‘donut hole’ for the first time in our medical coverage. We would need to spend another $7500 this year in order to make our way out. If we DO spend that much, paying for prescriptions won’t be the largest problem! The prescription price for this med had quadrupled!
I reached out to our supplemental coverage and they agreed they could provide one month of the medicine before we actually reach the donut hole. I reached out to AstraZenega, filled out the form for financial help, only to be told on the insurance page – almost the last page on the form – that we didn’t qualify because we had supplemental coverage.
Since our doctor says this is the only medicine that will do what my husband needs, it’s important that we get it. I was told they no longer provide written paper prescriptions. I wrote again, explained that I can found a possible source we could afford, but we needed the paper prescription. Otherwise, my husband would have to do without the medication. She answered today, saying it would be waiting for us at the front desk. She also warned us that many places will not accept paper prescriptions anymore.
I thanked her profusely. We will pick it up tomorrow and start the procedure to see if the source will accept the prescription or not. It’s always something, but at least in this case, there is hope.
Rokas Laurinaicius and Veja Elkimaiciute – “Stupid & Weird Signs” – BoredPanda.com
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Can you see my hair blowing as July whizzes past me? I feel the month has barely started, but it’s over half-way gone! How did THAT happen?
We have our typical exciting day planned – gathering trash and taking it down to the humongous trash can at the bottom of the driveway, then getting the mail and going for groceries. Be still, my heart. :0) We are still having to drive ‘the back way’ to get to town. My husband went to see what progress had been made on the new bridge being built between us and town. He said there was a large concrete pillar in the center of the hole and lots of rebar. It looks like they are doing a much more serious job this time – a total rebuild, rather than a repair.
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Our “replace-fluorescent-tubes-with-LED-tubes” project throughout the house continues. We have gotten into a “convert-2-fixtures-a-day” mode lately. This leads to much less stressful days and gets the job done eventually. I still resent being forced to do this conversion, but they ‘allowed us’ some 35 years before they decided to change, so I guess we can’t really complain…
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“Stupid & Weird Signs” – Rokas Laurinaicius and Veja Elkimaiciute – BoredPanda.com
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The last couple of days have been challenging. I’m a reasonably calm person. I won’t say, “nice,” because it’s hard to judge from the inside. But I have found that most people don’t have trouble dealing with me.
I have been on my last nerve the last couple of days with my husband. The idea of a hole in the back yard dug by my friend with the backhoe beckons.
Friday we were driving home from errands and it was so hot the dash cam was hanging from its cord when we got in the car. I put it back up and we started home. My husband wasn’t happy with its ‘attitude’, though, wanting it to tilt downward more. I change the thing three times as we drove. He suddenly pulled to the side of the road, yelled at me, and did it himself. I did NOT bite him in the leg, although I have to admit I thought about it.
Later when we were converting fluorescent fixtures to accepting LED tubes, he had trouble getting the legs of the step ladder to close. He started acting like a two-year-old having a tantrum and I told him I would handle it. He looked at me as if I had sprouted another head and then threw up his hands and said, “Okay, YOU do it!” and left the room. I did it and put the ladder back in the garage.
Later, he asked me what happened with the ladder. When I told him, he went to the garage to check, obviously not believing me. He came back inside, saying nothing. Later, he asked me how I got the legs to close. I explained what I did. He looked at me a minute and then went back to reading.
To his considerable credit, this is a man who has fixed things his whole life. He can look at something and figure out how it works, figure out why it isn’t working, and figure out what to do to fix it.
In the past couple of years he has had two mini-strokes. He is doing remarkably well, but he has trouble speaking at times, has difficulty typing, and gets frustrated with stuff like smart phones (which I have to admit are smarter than both of us together). Most of the time he handles the changes very well, even with humor. A lot of the time you can’t tell anything has changed.
The biggest thing I’M seeing is the change in temperament. He has to ask me to figure out how to change which chime sounds on the driveway detector, and this HAS to be frustrating for him.
We’re trying to get the lowest price possible on a medication he takes. We’re in the “donut hole” on Medicare for the first time ever, and the price for this med skyrocketed. I found a place where we could get it more cheaply. He said he would rather write the manufacturer because he saw a deal they were offering. Several days have past and we haven’t heard from them. I asked him about it and he said he had heard from them and put it in his important folder on the computer. When I read it, there was nothing about the special price. He didn’t remember telling me about any prices. So now I’ve written our doc to ask her for a prescription so we can get what he needs.
Whole new “ballgame” and it’s difficult to deal with since I’m older than dirt.
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Journal – “Doorway” 5-1/2″ x 7″ Spiral Bound Hand-Painted with 10 Manila “Pockets” to hold lots of goodies. Features a wooden cut-out on the front, making the front of the journal look like a doorway to something wonderful. – $17.99 with FREE SHIPPING to the contiguous U.S. Contact me at lindawlewis1@gmail.com if you have questions or use this link to go directly to the journal on HandmadeHavenByLinda
Weather –
This week is just going to get hotter and hotter with dangerous heat indices each day. We’re trying to do our outside stuff at the beginning or end of the day or in really short sessions with lots of rest and water in-between sessions.
Continuing Project –
Since the fluorescent tubes we’ve been using for the past 35 years or so will no longer be produced starting next month, we’ve been forced to upgrade (?) to LED tubes. This means doing away with the ballast transformers in each of our fixtures, rewiring the fixture, then adding the new LED tubes. Since I think there are only two rooms in the house where we don’t have fluorescents, this is quite a project – both in terms of expense and labor. We can’t afford to have someone else do it, so we’re doing it a bit at a time.
Yesterday we converted the two ceiling fixtures in our bedroom. Today we plan to do two in the main part of our master bath. We’ll just keep plodding until we’ve done them all, hoping we won’t have to do this again.
Have a great Sunday.
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I don’t know anything about this artist, except his name is Ben. I’m not sure how these are created, but I love them. There is a lot of heart in his work, and of course, the glorious colors and watercolor backgrounds…
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We’ve been meeting on Friday for Lunch Bunch for a long time. I was trying to figure out HOW long we’ve been doing this, and it started when Linda retired from being City Clerk/Treasurer for Greenwood, and that was around 1992. (She could then meet Kay and me for lunch.) That would make it around 31 years.
In all this time, we’ve left it that we’ll call or leave a message if we are NOT going to be there on Friday, rather than having to do a flurry of calls every week. This has worked well until our getting a ‘bit’ older has affected our habits.
Kay and Linda can call me and leave a voice mail or text if I don’t answer. I check for messages several times each day and evening. The problem is that the other two wonderful ladies don’t do that. Linda doesn’t wear her hearing aids all the time and can’t hear her phone. When I call her, it says she isn’t set up to receive messages. She doesn’t receive texts.
Kay’s phone has been giving her trouble since she got it. I can leave a message, but she says she doesn’t receive it.
Patty, Linda’s daughter, picks Linda up and brings her to Lunch Bunch if she is in town. She is gone a lot, though, and is a very busy lady. She has gotten out of the habit of letting me know she will be out of town.
We went to Lunch Bunch yesterday, but got stood up. We found out from one of the waitresses that Kay and Bud were having a toilet installed and so wouldn’t be there. No Patty or Linda. So we just ate and then went to do errands.
SO –
I’ve decided to simply go with the flow and not worry about it. We’ll go each Friday as usual and hope that one of our friends will be there. If not, we will eat or not eat and then go about our business. We all love each other and that doesn’t change based on whether we eat together each week. I’ll be happy if they are okay and healthy.
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