magnusfide
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Yep she needs a licensed electrician and a plumber. Voltage is nothing to mess with! Slow and steady Freddy. It will be finished.
"The only time you should fear cast iron is if your wife is fixin' to hit you with it."-Kent Rollins
First law of science: don't spit into the wind.
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She got the electrician. Haven't heard how the plumbing is going.
Meanwhile, out here in the country, it's a gorgeous day. The cats spent most of yesterday and today outside, enjoying the new shaded areas around the deck.
Spousal Unit ventured out to the pharmacy and local grocery. He said more folks than not are now wearing a face covering. I ventured all the way down to the mailbox. We're still not letting Mom off the property, but she's content to sit on the deck or loveseat and watch the lake. We do still have a few boaters out there occasionally.
I see a couple of cats coming up to the door. Later, y'all.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mahatma Gandhi
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Glad to hear she got a professional. Except for the storms we're getting perfect weather both in sunshine and the temperatures. Good stuff that makes it easier to remain at home and work in the yard. Sitting and watching the lake, the wildlife and the fur-children is a pretty good way to pass the time too.
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Another gorgeous spring day. The swimming pool is open, clear and ready for me to jump in, as soon as it reached 80 degrees. 78 would be fine, if the wind isn't blowing, but it was howling yesterday and is fairly brisk today.
Met our neighbor to the south the other day. He was burning limbs and doing a general cleanup around the place. Lives near Houston, has been homeschooling the daughter and loves it. They're not quite ready to move out here, but the peace and quiet, the huge homeschool support, and a general tiring of the Houston area just may see them out here sooner than later. He widened the drive, in preparation for building an RV shelter for his 45' Prevost, so we just might see them out here more often. He grew up around Kerrville, so he doesn't really have much in the way of big city attitude.
So we have Houston area homeowners on either side of us, who are planning on giving up the big city life. The folks to the north are already transiting their business out here, and will eventually tear down and build their retirement home on one of the two properties to our immediate north. Hopefully, they won't build a McMansion and interfere with our view...
We still can't get in touch with Mom's Independent Living folks, to find out how we can get access to her apartment and move her out. With the governor beginning to open businesses back up, we might be able to get in there soon. Good. Makes no sense for her to be paying for room and board when she's not getting any of said board. Can't move her in with Sister until we can at least get Mom's bed...
It's so sunny and nice outside, I have to be out there. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Things are starting to come to life here too. It's a mixed blessing because the tourists are coming back and crowding the roads. Cutting in front of other drivers and in general just being plain rude.
Hope you can resolve that situation for your mom. You're right. She shouldn't be paying for something she isn't getting. Sounds like a request for a refund is in line. They shouldn't be able to charge her for more than "storage" of her stuff.
Perhaps you can drop a hint to your northerly neighbors to build an aging friendly one story.
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Beautiful day, very few boats on the lake, so I guess the weekenders who weren't supposed to come up here and did anyway went home. I understand some folks around here are feeling antsy. Not us -- we're more than happy to vegetate on our acreage.
Leoghaire came up on the pool deck and starting drinking the pool water. Yuck, that's salt water. So we cleaned the water trough and refilled it.
Tall Friend is enjoying coming over and sitting on our deck. He's doing so much better, now that the cognitive part of his brain has taken over from lizard brain. He's remembering things he couldn't remember, does not slur his words anymore, can walk with a half walker (farther and farther, but still not too far), and can get in/out of their F-350 by himself.
Well, Czarny is demanding some quality kitty time. Later, y'all.
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Glad to hearTF is doing better. Deer love salt licks so I’m not surprised if salt water is appealing too. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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Rudy spent two days in a row outside, not coming in until nearly midnight and from across the fence to the south. So he's staying inside today. When he did come inside, he wasn't hungry, so I'm guessing he's found a small critter burrow and is dining on the babies. Czarny sticks close to the house.
Took the RV to the dealer for its annual inspection and a free systems check. They also diagnosed that squeaky sound as a bearing going out, so it goes back for service next Tuesday. We don't have to drop her off -- they'll be done in a couple hours. What a refreshing change from dropping off and waiting weeks to get her back.
I'm going to Mom's IL apartment tomorrow, to pick up more clothes and whatever else is on her list. I'll chat with the manager, too, to find out how we can move her out while staying within the city's isolation rules. Right now, one person at a time can go to the apartment, which makes packing the small stuff a royal pain. We absolutely have to use a moving company for the actual move out, and I think we might be able to do that by mid-May.
Leoghaire is huge. That's either a really big fawn or twins -- we should know in two or three weeks.
Quality kitty time, with both cats. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Glad Rudy made it back. Either that or Rudy may have found a meal from a friendly cat-loving neighbor. We once had a cat that would wander like that. We eventually had to keep her in the house because she had disappeared for 3 days. With all the predators around we thought she had become a snack for coyotes or other predator. She settled into being a house cat quite easily.
What about using one of those collapsible utility wagons for hauling the small stuff out? This is one we have for hauling the small stuff between the motorhome and the house.
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We don't have any permanent resident neighbors who would do that, Magnus. The neighbors to the north are only here a few weeks each year, and the other house is a short term rental, which hasn't had any renting it since March. To the south, we only see them show up 1-2 times a year, if that often (but they just can't emotionally let go of Dad and Mom's old vacation home).
The cart won't negotiate the stairs, and I don't want to haul stuff through the adjacent building to the only elevator, then back around the two buildings to where I can park my truck. I'll just pack stuff and leave it in the corner of that room. Some things I'll simply take over to Sister's, without bothering to pack it, such as Mom's oversized genealogy binders.
It's partly sunny, so we hope to see if WLToo's latest experiment is going to work. He bought a submersible pump (a small sump pump), attached a black hose to it, dropped the pump into the pool, then laid the hose where the sun can shine upon it, and ran the other end back into the pool. If it works, the pool temperature will rise dramatically in a day or so. It's swimming temperature for me, but not for him, so he's trying to heat it up. If it works, it just might extend the swim season a bit, since we do get a lot of sun in the autumn and winter, too.
Haven't seen Leoghaire for a few days. She's so close to dropping the fawn(s) that she's probably out deciding where she'll have it(them).
Last night, we were invited to dinner at Tall and Short Friend. But we paid a price: had to assemble Tall Friend's exercise bike. Today we gave them a non-skid pad we'd once used on a exerciser we no longer have, since the bike insisted on sliding too easily across their tile floor.
Mom needs more library books, and the library notified me they're ready for pickup, so Later, y'all.
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