2025 UPDATE

 Well well another year. 2025! Time to catch up here. Can't believe its been so long since I updated. Changes in the internet and life itself has made blogs a thing of the past. I look back and read some older posts and can't believe how I could do them almost daily! I was younger and a much busier person I guess.Life slowed down after moving in 2014 a whole lot. I lost driving completely and use our local bus when I can so I don't get out much. I've managed to keep pretty healthy except for the glaucoma. Keeping that in check the best I can.

 The summer came and all the farel cats..(I mean 7 of them) were taken to a local farm after the trouble we had here in the  apartment complex. Another tenant was found feeding them (against her lease) and is now moving after getting a warning about them. The five dogs in that building barking at them really got on everyone's nerves, so we are glad they are gone.

Lots of improvements here..buildings updated. Noise all day long weekdays. New complex of housing going in behind our place and the peace we knew here is gone. We will adapt in time. The new year brought many moving as rents were raised and we lost some really nice people who had lived here for a long time. I miss them. 

I am continuing to downsize my place as over my 11years the space here has gotten just too small. Changed the color scheme from blues to teal and greens shocked some who know me. I was more than ready for it. Life goes on despite the city deciding to join another bus line and take our daily independence away soon. It will cost more and not be a demand local line which it has been since 1975! Talk about upset to seniors like myself..just devastating. 

The new administration  is helping us all to be concerned about the future of our country. I can only hope and pray for us all.

PART 2...I'M BACK!

Well well...sure took me long enough..Catching up here...

The saga of our neighbor ended in April with many attempts from management, sheriff deputies, and local police help. They gave her a week to get out after her dodging the authorities by not answering the door when they attempted to serve papers. It took a long time. She contacted some people in other apartments in the complex to buy furniture and items so she could raise money to move. 

Our manager told us that unknowns to them she had done this many times in other cities and states. She left a whole lot in her place. After she finally left, a warrant was posted on her door for a court date. We never heard if she showed up in court. We were just thrilled she was gone. Three different crews of people were used to redo the entire apt. They found many remnants of cocaine and other drugs. Maintenance had to replace doors, bathroom sink and fix the shower. Carpets blinds and screens. The items left behind alone took several days for men to remove. 

People  do come and go here. The rent was increased recently and her apt sits empty and has for over a month. I think the manager is trying to rent it, but for what rent they want now it doesn't seem worth it. Several units here sit empty and that says something because people are always looking for places especially on the ground floor like this apt is. This complex was built in the 70's and they are not modern like newer buildings. They have been kept up but just are not as great as others. The management has changed hands many times. 

I have to say that since she left, the whole complex feels more calm. Living across the hall from that drama I am so much calmer now for sure.

On a personal note...

I had my yearly visit with several of my doctors and passed all my tests and was so relieved and thankful. I'm blessed at my age to be healthy. We all are having terrible weather this summer. I send prayers to all involved in storms and heat,and flooding. 

Hope this finds you all enjoying time with family and friends.

MARCH 2024

                                          

                                              

So where have I been...did I drop off the planet?? No..but for the past 6  months been living in a nightmare.  

A lady moved in the apartment across from me she was not a young woman she was a grandmother of 3. She was fine, everything was okay until...she brought a very big Rottweiler dog into her place. She could hardly control it when she would take it outside. She did not have permission to have the dog and continued to have it until it tried to bite several tenants. She finally got rid of the dog and gave it to her daughter and her family after warnings from our manager. 

We thought things would be better but no such luck.( Reminded me of HELL HOUSE years ago. She was smoking pot and drinking like crazy and most times just making others here miserable.) 

So she continued to break so many rules of her lease that she was given many warnings. She decided that she would take in several feral cats that roamed around and feed them. AGAIN against all the lease rules. She wandered around the complex of three buildings looking and calling them. Got into almost a fist fight with a elderly tenant lady in another building and the cops were called. It turned into a report for the sheriff dept because we are outside the city a whole BLOCK. Because there was no physical contact to the other tenant.. no charges were filed. She called the local dial a ride bus and had them take her to Applebee's to eat and drink. She would get so drunk she barely made it outside when she called for a return home. I was present many times to see her causing trouble and being refused a ride because of her condition.

OH it continues.. The cats  had never  been a problem here in the past they never came around. Now they were on everyone's patio and trying to get inside if anyone left a door open. I am allergic to them and they used my patio as a bathroom and all my patio furniture as their beds. I had to spray to keep them away and even that did not help. I was unable to use my patio and sit out there the entire summer months. Talk about complaining to the management. They acted like there was NOTHING they could do so we had to put up with it. The rules of our leases have been changed now regarding feeding strays, keeping animals and drugs because of her actions. 

EMT's were called at least 4 or 5 times because she was drunk and fallen and once told them she had a seizure. She was admitted for a week to a psych ward in the hospital. She returned home and found that she had left the feral cats inside her place when they took her out. Sooo her apt was trashed by the cats with no food or water. WE did not know they were inside until we saw them crawling up the screen windows and tearing up the blinds. Maintenance was called and they opened the doors and let them out. The smell and the damage had been done. She came home to one big mess. She had some rugs in the bathroom and took them to the laundry and tore up the machine with the mess that was left on them. She was drunk and put nickels in the slot for the dryer instead of quarters. IT went on and on. Most people would think that was sure interesting or exciting  but it gets worse.... COME BACK FOR 

                                           

 

 

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

       Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 

It was a quiet one for me. Not many gatherings for me anymore. I am very thankful for my friends and family who are there for me. I cook what I want for myself and am happy not to have a whole lot of leftovers. 

I found a great little recipe this year for pumpkin pie in a cup! You make it in the microwave!  It's just enough to satisfy your taste for pie. 

 www.biggerbolderbaking.com/microwave-mug-pumpkin.

 It was delicious with cookies in the bottom of the cup or not. 

It's snowing here today, as I enter this blog. Winter has finally shown up. I am hunting my scarves and hats. 🤔 Hunting because I forgot exactly where they are. Guess no going out until I find them 😉😁

STAY WARM AND WELL!!  

OCTOBER

 Cold and rainy,the leaves in our part of the state are just barely changing. It seems like our September was so warm it went too quickly. Not a big fan of 80 and then 40 but we have that too. Just a weird year I guess. Have not seen any woolly worms this year but I heard we will have a milder winter in Michigan. Storms that dump snow and then go and melt away.

So much for the weather.  Don't know about you,but I hate to even turn on the tv in the mornings now. The news with wars and shootings and our government debacle is depressing. I am watching more old shows and movies than ever. In the fifties and sixties shows were great and very entertaining. I actually find myself laughing out loud. 😀

Had trouble here with our water and boiler. We had no heat and it down in the 30's at night. Everyone complaining. Then we had no water for 24 hours and maintenance didn't answer the emergency number. Glad it wasn't life threatening we would have had to call the fire department. I've had three flooded floors in less than 10 yrs! I went out and bought a small wet vacuum. Can't wait on maintenance, they are proven not that fast or reliable. Learned to have plan B back up just in case!😉 

Hope you have a