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That is precisely what we have planned to do today is nothing as we are both exhausted from our rain water trench digging, filling, weeding, spraying, harvesting vegetables and mowing @LadyLocust :) .

DH did wash the dishes and clean the benches and I wiped them and put them away and I have turned on the hot water system on to hopefully heat up by tonight's showers.
 
@LadyLocust and @Spikedriver does laying pipework in a 130 mt storm water trench and filling it in along with truck bog holes count as exercise for the fitness thread along with household chores and spring cleaning ?.
I'd say so. It certainly is more exercise than I want to do...
 
Mo, I was trying to be funny with the shunning remark...I know you better than that.

How much are you paying for internet ?

Just curious.

Jim
I know that Jim.
Internet costs $40, but I'm behind because I got stiffed by grand daughter's mom.
I'll get caught up eventually, right now am using part of my grocery money to get it paid off.
It's okay, I'll get through this mess.
 
This week I accomplished something badly needed. Since I took dad to the hospital on 05jan my home has been little more than a crash pad, a load of clothes here a pot of chili there... A quick dust mop or a swiffer wet mop was about all the cleaning it got aside from spot cleaning.

Earlier this week I had two straight nights off. The laundry rm, bathroom and hall got scrubbed within an inch of their life and all the carpets got a heavy vacuuming. Tonight the kitchen got scrubbed from top to bottom along with the floor.

It's nice to have an almost clean house... still have the living rm to dust, lemon oil all the oak furniture and just a little mopping to do around the area rug.
 
My beautiful wifey and I had a wonderful time last night. We did not stay out very late as that is not in our nature (and that's when the drinkers start to get loud and obnoxious). The band was pretty good but the lead singer was a tad too old to be wearing that tight of pants. We had a nice meal, we got to dance a bit, and we stopped in to see some friends at the retirement gala (which was already quite the party). All and all my pretty lady was happy with the night out and so that's all that matters.

Today the lovely Mrs. Sentry18 is going to some kind of make-up event (whatever that is) and then shopping, so I am heading to the man cave to grab some .38 special and then it's off to the range to shoot my new revolvers. After that I have to go wash the SUV and do some panic buying, errr uhh I mean stop in at the fleet-farm store. Then I am going to clean out the garage and a few other chores. Otherwise not to much going on today.
 
Gonna hit a reasonably close Army Surplus store that I had no idea was there. Then on to the store for some panic buying (LOL) and pick up some more water at another spot.

Then hopefully it will be a quiet afternoon at home playing with a couple of my AR's, I have some things to change and/or add to them.
 
A friend of ours stopped by last week and mentioned his "crazy" prepper brother up north. I kind of chuckled with him. Then, told him that I practice food storage, and that our family always has. And left it at that. He works in radiology at the hospital here. He came by today, all in a huff. Said there's a patient here at the University Hospital that has it, and that 30 people are confined to home. He got a mask from work. Said he's preparing their travel trailer for him to stay in if it gets worse, and that way he won't contaminate his wife and kids. They went to Costco today and got a bunch of non perishables. Was excited to tell me. He was going to Dollar Tree next. And then to fill up his propane.
A new prepper is born.

I haven't seen anything about cases in Nm. Has it been on the news?
 
@Sentry18 Happy Anniversary! How many years? Glad you got to go out and had an enjoyable evening.
@backlash I am so sorry. I hope you all have happy memories to reflect upon and that the ties to each other are only strengthened by the love she left behind. Prayers to you and your family.
@Meerkat Good to see you back. I was beginning to wonder about you . . . Again! Have to keep you out of trouble.
 
It's a little after 7 and I think I'm going to spring forward a little early and call it bedtime. It's been a long 2 weeks. I will find out about 6:30 in the morning if I'm going again tomorrow or if I get a day at home. Sweet dreams.
 
@Sentry18 Happy Anniversary! How many years? Glad you got to go out and had an enjoyable evening.
@backlash I am so sorry. I hope you all have happy memories to reflect upon and that the ties to each other are only strengthened by the love she left behind. Prayers to you and your family.
@Meerkat Good to see you back. I was beginning to wonder about you . . . Again! Have to keep you out of trouble.

I hope so LadyL.:peace::D
 
I loved the Jack London book, read it as a kid! Guess now I have to see the movie!
It's been a long time since I read the book, but the plot seemed quite a bit different in the movie than in the book. Hollywood likes to add drama...still, Harrison Ford is always great, the backdrops of the Yukon are stunning, even when they're computer generated, and the story is still compelling.
 
Not moving yer?
Hope to find out Monday when I will be moving.
I was babysitting grand daughter and the money I received paid for luxury items like the Internet.
After grand daughter's mother stiffed me for over $200, I made the hard decision not to babysit for grand daughter's mother again until she got caught up on what she owed me. She refuses to pay what she owes.
So now I only watch grand daughter for my son when he works his 1 weekend a month.
And I refuse to watch his girl friends brats at all especially if I'm not getting paid for it.
My income is fixed.
Out of it I can pay for everything but Internet right now.
In 4 more months, I will have paid off my student loans in full.
Then will have a little bit of breathing room again.
Then I can afford the Internet again on my own.
I can go to the library and use their WiFi for nothing.
So I'm not shunning you guys, circumstances have changed that's all.
My income pays, rent, utilities, car payment, car insurance,Strawberry's needs(food, treats, and vet bills).
Had to give up date night for right now too.
Right now, I spend about $20 every two weeks for fresh items like produce.
But I have well stocked pantry and freezers so that saves money too.
Ugh. That sucks! I don't suppose you can persuade your son to reimburse you for the babysitting fees since she's his girlfriend & you're on a fixed income. I hate when people do that kind of crap. It's bad enough to do it to strangers, but worse when it's family. But, I have friends who deal with it all the time. My best friend has the worst luck plus really crappy family who just take from him all the time. His mom uses meth & is constantly hitting him up for $ but never pays him back. She didn't even raise him but she constantly comes around and wants him to fix her car or do stuff for her. She does come and help clean up the yard & do stuff sometimes-- mostly when she's high on something & can't keep still & has the urge to clean. She owed him $600+ but when he asked for it back she quit her job. She knows he's got a kid on the way & his finances are in the toilet, but she still mooches. Same with his grandfather. The old man was put in a nursing home but checked himself out so he constantly calls my friend or drives by and lays on the horn until someone goes out there to make him cut it out.
We are lucky that Mom gets Dad's death benefits/pension from his work in federal law enforcement. She technically gets his military retirement death benefits but the federal deducts the entire amount of his military pay from their payments so she doesn't actually get both (some kind of BS about "double dipping" to screw families of veterans). I don't know if it's legal, but they are doing it.
Since we're rural and the only thing we can get is satellite, they have us over a barrel & the internet is very expensive but has a hard data cap.
I am sitting outside of ICU waiting for my wife's younger sister to die. Today is her 65th birthday.
Not a good day at all.
I'm very sorry. That really really sucks. :-(

My kidney stones acted up so I had a case of "anal glaucoma"- Couldn't see my a$$ doing anything today. Other than cooking for Mom, I napped. Allergies are acting up so I was sneezing & coughing. Cats keep wanting in or out-- I have my two orange kitties on my lap.
I talked to my best friend today online & he's depressed over his financial situation & the car troubles. He never learned how to be responsible with money so he buys things he shouldn't but even if he spent wisely, he still gets screwed by other people stealing from him or screwing him over. A lot of people owe him $ but will never pay him back.

I watched some redneck drama unfold on FB. So, there are two friends of mine who are stepbrothers. Dustin's dad is married to Arley's mom & Dustin adores the mom bc she took better care of him than his birth mom. I don't know the full details, but apparently Dustin's dad was a total jerk to Angie (the mom/stepmom) & then wanted sex. She refused so he told her he was dumping her. Set something on fire, threw it in the room with her, and locked her in the room with it to try to burn her to death. She managed to get out (not sure how) but didn't press charges. She left & he tried to go over to her later but she called the cops to make him leave. So he threw out & destroyed all of her belongings as well as the belongings of his grandkids (Arley's kids). Mind you, Arley just lost his house and everything he owned in a fire just before Christmas. So he can't afford to replace stuff. Anyway, Dustin & his dad apparently texted each other back & forth about it with the dad threatening to pull a gun on the cops if they showed up for him & then threatening to go buy drugs and kill himself & basically being a drama queen. Dustin kept telling him "Ok, Bye" but his dad kept texting him. The dad said "Don't call me ever again!" and Dustin gave the same reply-- but his dad kept messaging him over and over. Anyway, after Dustin posted the screenshots, his dad replied with variations of "F*** you" over and over to the post. oh, and one of the texts was the dad asking for a gun & Dustin telling him "No". Crazy a-holes in this area. Dude should really be in jail for what he pulled.

It makes me glad that I stay out of drama like that.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to find out about tax codes to figure out if my friend can stop getting totally borked & getting triple-dipped on his taxes. Taxes are deducted for federal, taxes are deducted by his company from NJ, and taxes are deducted from his returns by Louisiana. He works at a casino for a company based in NJ. The NJ company is taxing him even though he doesn't work or live in NJ. My sister linked me an article saying that companies from many states (including NJ) allow the employers to keep the taxes as a incentive to operate in that state. So, it's not even going to the government, the company is keeping it. From what my sister said, the $ should be split between the two states if he has to pay taxes to both and that it shouldn't reduce his returns at all because they are supposed to split his taxable payments, not take even more out. But what happened was, after paying full taxes to NJ, Louisiana took almost $4k of his returns out. I know that even though we live in Louisiana, since the pay my mother gets is from federal, she's exempt from state tax here. I'm trying to figure out if my friend should be exempt bc his pay is from NJ & he pays taxes to NJ. Or if he should not have to pay taxes to NJ and only pay to federal & LA...
Anyone know? It's really sucking bc he's pretty much getting almost 50% of his income taken out in taxes & 50% of what he does get goes to his lying ex.
 
I am sitting outside of ICU waiting for my wife's younger sister to die. Today is her 65th birthday.
Not a good day at all.

Oh man, my sincerest condolences.
 

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