SHEs Organized

Hi everyone!

I've been using my "planner" and doing my best to remember to write in it. It's also becoming a reminder of what was done and when the last time was that I did it. Some days look very productive. I made the 3 dpc's already today. Not all were dreaded, but they were important.

I need to do laundry today. At least try to get some of it put away.

I have an appointment with an accountant today. I am slightly behind in my taxes, but a HUGE reason was that I didn't want to file earlier this year knowing that my financial life would never be as easy as it once was.

Good morning everyone! I have figured out how to post from work without breaking any rules or causing any trouble! However, I will probably not do it often. I did post from home, but to the wrong day, so I will repost the relevant stuff:

At the cat adoption clinic, we had 5 new kittens, but Briggs was also attracting a lot of attention, due to his unusual appearance. On seeing him with a lot of other cats, it is clear how different he is. His head, general build, eyes, all just a little off. The vet said he has the head structure and face of a bobcat, and Friday I looked at pictures of them. I have two pages of thumbnail size photos of bobcats that look like Briggs! Harmony asked Monday if bobcats ever breed with domestics and the answer is yes in general, and quite possibly yes in Briggs' lineage. His temperament has remained that of a committed pacifist, and he purred at everyone who petted him, so his unusual looks will probably just make him easier to place. Only two people identified what he looks like though, and one was one of our dog fosters. We placed a cat who has been hard to adopt out due to eye problems. Surgery corrected the main problem, but he still squints, and he does need meds.

I will be by myself this Thanksgiving, but will cook a traditional meal and freeze the leftovers. I will also eat off of Grandmother's china. I will have turkey lunches at work for quite a while, but I love 'em! I need to figure out if I have all the supplies. I know I have a turkey breast.

DD12 has been organizing her Pokemon cards and has one in Japanese. I promised her to send a copy to my aunt (a native speaker) for translation. I will do this in Christmas cards, must get started on that.

Last night, one of the men at my Bible study wanted to hire me to do some web work. I totally cannot commit to another project! However, when he described his problem, I realized that it may one line of code! I looked at his source code when I got home, and, sure enough, that is very likely to fix his problem. I could not fix it from my house, because I did not have permissions to edit. I am going to call him tonight and arrange to get what I need (I may have to go to his house, he is not very computer savvy). I cannot take on another website maintenance, but I can write one line of code! If I cannot fix it, I will have to refer him to someone who is (a) more available, and (b) more knowledgeable. I have other things on my list as well.

i'm grabbing a break when it becomes available. It has been a long night & busy morning!

We had a person come to us this morning offering to buy our house and a few acres for cash. I txt Realtor with info. She knows him too and the offer is legit (aka....he has the finances to pay cash). We are meeting with realator at noon to discuss options.

The person that had a showing at our home on Saturday wants it all (land & house). Realtor said his credit score was over 800 so she didn't think he would have a problem with getting the loan.

The person that had a showing on Thursday wants it too but has to do some things to his finances to make it happen.

We also had another person show up this morning in the driveway saying he was interested in buying it. I didn't know him so sent him to the Realtor to schedule a showing.....and get in line.

Meanwhile MPB has also had several potential buyers looking in the last few days. Breathe.... Breathe......

The birthday house is ready to close. Realtor was unsure if she could get the title company to make closing appointment on holiday week. That closing might have to wait until next week.

DGD3 has a cold. She coughed most of the night off/on. Humidifier is going in bedroom. Around 11pm I used the shower with hot water to fill the bathroom with steam. She snuggled in my lap in the bathroom until she could breathe easier. Around midnight her fever went up so I gave her some children Tylenol and rocked her until it broke (about 45 minutes). She slept until 9am this morning and is just full of smiles, giggles & hugs. She is a TV watcher. She is was playing with airplane & cars then just stopped and is now standing in front of TV watching cartoons.

Break over.

LM, I'm so glad the visit w dgd is going well and that she got good care overnight. The photo of her is so cute.

Speaking of real estate issues, dsis' house will be under contract to sell again as soon as I electronically sign the document. Got an offer on Sat for less than half of listing price (altho it was still more than appraisal), we countered at about 80% of listing price, and counteroffer from buyer this morning was 68% of listing price and still higher than appraisal. Realtor initially suggested we should counter at $500 above their counter, but I told him I was just too antsy about it to worry about $500 more out of it. The house is falling down and I feel like it's deteriorating as it stands empty - two years now - and there's only been the one potential buyer/idiot who offered full price then couldn't fund it and thus it was "under contract" for much of the almost three months the house has been listed. I think I can justify this to the court - need to find out now whether approval takes another 30 days or if prior approval somehow will suffice. (I had called the probate court on Friday afternoon about this part but they haven't called me back.)

The phone call that we would get an offer on dsis' house was the only upside part to last Friday. Was a long, long trip to see dsis and she really didn't seem well to me. Told me that she had not had lunch and was hungry - hadn't had lunch because she "couldn't get up" for lunch? Anyway, aides seemed dumbfounded that she would tell me that because she had had lunch....I do know that Mom tells me things at times that she believes happened but did not so I'm thinking that's the deal...she was definitely having a bad day, tho. Troubling because I don't know what to believe, so I was feeling pretty weepy because it couldn't make this better...


Fairly quiet weekend, except I realized yesterday that I had been out of the house every evening since last Wed, and needed to be out last evening as well for an event. Tried to beg off but dh really felt I needed to be there last night so I went. Thankfully, a quieter week this week, at least through Wed.

Gotta get moving.....

-get dressed, brush teeth et al
-walk the ddogs
-call vet re: need meds for dMacs
-print and update the form to request court order to sell dsis' house
-call court of neighboring small county about procedure this time...

I had called the insurance office 2 weeks ago about getting quotes from a new company thru them. At that time she said she had 4 ahead of me. Today she had 10 and I was next. She said she would call in an hour. Still haven't heard from her. They are closed at noon for an hour. I have things to do away from home, but do not want to miss this call. A decision has to be made, since our house renews Dec. 1.

About mid morning I started sneezing and I now have the sniffles. I don't need a cold, especially with the holidays. Since the diabetes diagnose, I have had a really rough time with colds and they seem to hang on much longer.

Well I guess I will quit whining and balance my checkbook.

For my "Monday Mojo" & for Move It Monday, so far:

- s2s, shampooed, dressed,
- made the bed, put dirty LOL into utility basket,
- used rescue inhaler,
- ate, took pills, fixed coffee for DH & me,
- did emails, read newsletters,
- added "Ponytail clips & ORNAMENTS" to my grocery list! I "MEANT" hair ADORNMENTS!
- tracked where my new bra pkg. is, it's in-state, so might be here today OR tomorrow....
- hung up my gown/Muumuu, a gown worn last night, & cardigan,

I cleaned out my entry hall china cabinet. It holds my cut crystal dishes, vases, platters, etc... collection. I have about 5 things, on the top shelf, which are red glass. I put them together, to shine, for the holidays. When company comes, we turn on the sconces and ceiling hall lights, to shine up the entry way, so the china cabinet sparkles. Today, my hands are so stiff and so sore! I gave up crocheting about 2 - 3 days ago. I NEVER have hand pain like this! EVER! So, the only thing I can think of, is that with lifting crystal items, spraying Windex, and wiping, then putting everything back, I just wore out my little hands! DD had taken Occupational Hand Therapy, because of her job, in an office, so SHE showed me ALL of her PT hand exercises!!!! WHOOPEE!!!! Isn't that JUST SO NICE???? I'll do those stretches today and she said if pain gets bad, you can always soak in warm water, too.

My plan today, was to clean out my dining room china cabinet, but NOW I am thinking about taking a hand-held Swiffer duster, and just dusting the shelves, lifting items in baby steps, so I won't overdo. People will be looking at all THAT FOOD on the eating bar and NOT the china cabinet anyway!!!

DH will go to town today, for last minute groceries. I'll putter in baby steps, but it my hands won't improve, I'll be doing a reading catch-up!

Waving hello to (I'll TRY to remember everybody! I get "Fibro Fog", from Fibromyalgia, so I "forget" names/things).... Waving to Nancy, Helia, Elizabeth, Kathryn, Blessed, Dee, LadyM, Twins' Mom, Booksaver, CathyS, Sunny, and to Harmony, when/if you arrive today, and I'm thinking of Sadie, too! Oh! Lucylee, too!Lilac! How did I do? I hope I didn't leave anybody out! I get so embarrassed, when I leave out people, but it's like a brain fart, or something like that, and I just CANNOT recall EVERY name, especially when they're on another page, too. Anyway, this is one primary reason I write stories--- It's because it's good for my mind/brain to work, it encourages memory and mind-work!

Lady Maverick All the interest in your home is exciting. Would you consider hanging onto the excess land and then sell to a developer at a later date? Or would your brother be interested in increasing his holdings?

The weather is all over the map today, mist, sunny, raining, so the windows are like little movies with an ever changing plot. With the leaves down, we can see into the yards and down streets that are usually under the tree canopy. That makes the view more interesting too and I'm guessing the Christmas lights will be more visible than I thought.

Our neighbour dropped in for a quick visit. She works at a nursing home and we've offered to sing for her residents if the management is interested. I had to count on the view distracting her from the mess! But the place is dusted and vacuumed. I got that done. Vacuuming took at least 48 minutes (I had a problem with the stopwatch function on my watch.)

I'm taking a lunch break now.

<Well it was supposed to be my break but that was ages ago. My internet is so slow that I didn't notice that this hasn't updated. I've rebooted my computer twice today and just whined to dh about it. He had me do a speed test and then did one himself. He's wired into the internet here, I'm on wireless because I bounce around the apartment with my computer. Guess what? His speed is 100x faster than mine! Resetting the router hasn't helped so I'm stuck with a 1/3 mps speed right now - close to the good old days of dial up.>

Waving good morning to y'all...

I am getting everything in order for T'day. My son and his gf will be here tomorrow night. I have to make a little grocery run to buy my turkey and I am getting ready to do that.

Everything is in order, just need to do a quick vacuum and pick up some footprints.

Glad to hear you are enjoying your GD LadyM and it sounds like she's taken a shinning to you

Gotta run..may everyone's T-day plans go off without a hitch. Tomorrow is my baking day and I am looking forwards to that. Cy'all later.

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Feline: I never shout out names like that because I'm sure I'll forget someone! Same thing with birthdays. I celebrate in my mind and heart when you all have birthdays but I don't usually say a word because I'm sure I'll miss someone someday and she'll feel left out when she isn't. Without us being together IRL, she can't possibly see how happy I am that she's celebrating a birthday.

I'm glad others do shoutouts though, because sometimes my eyes glaze over who is posting and someone will do a call out to a long-absent SHE and I can go back and catch up with them.

Honestly, I'm a very inattentive friend, but I love you all so much so I'm hoping y'all forgive me.