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AND SO IT GOES ON....THANKS FOR VISITINGCAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-32749816629189976702024-03-02T12:21:00.001-05:002024-03-02T12:21:09.573-05:00MARCH 2024<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBcSLD008YIsL_Pjy9qa6S3QkV0QonUVxtXujWiLdNMJzq0p9Kn8EyVeFSdoojHrWKw2GmnWwCLz1ah9siv_tSWk2VowmFuUYj3uic_9V-WbWS5vkQXauxY6AtlQ_967ktUVJhb0HIbmukf6aLUOWWe4wh3hgQAEyvXgZly4YDXwGg4srTTRbTEcWMRFL/s1666/1499f3f5d02e7d0f875937c95fcc86ff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="1666" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBcSLD008YIsL_Pjy9qa6S3QkV0QonUVxtXujWiLdNMJzq0p9Kn8EyVeFSdoojHrWKw2GmnWwCLz1ah9siv_tSWk2VowmFuUYj3uic_9V-WbWS5vkQXauxY6AtlQ_967ktUVJhb0HIbmukf6aLUOWWe4wh3hgQAEyvXgZly4YDXwGg4srTTRbTEcWMRFL/s320/1499f3f5d02e7d0f875937c95fcc86ff.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">So where have I been...did I drop off the planet?? No..but for the past 6 months been living in a nightmare. </b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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.) </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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. </b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">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 </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizha_RqD5mgZkSvN9Ew1mJ9ZVYnG9DBLzqCFZRGtdTiK6obgxDdFI57oe6DQnNcKCRxUkRFD6hfqAlavCDpKYFbslZe0_S_D5VaPW8iyWGdYf0PjjzeSDtsPQ_yWv8nX2mBcT-ne98Xqw8jiGpYPAbEktTnTgxZt9JABtINWcdgJuIGM_RyXvgfPLCm89j/s700/heds-part-two-1598021823.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="700" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizha_RqD5mgZkSvN9Ew1mJ9ZVYnG9DBLzqCFZRGtdTiK6obgxDdFI57oe6DQnNcKCRxUkRFD6hfqAlavCDpKYFbslZe0_S_D5VaPW8iyWGdYf0PjjzeSDtsPQ_yWv8nX2mBcT-ne98Xqw8jiGpYPAbEktTnTgxZt9JABtINWcdgJuIGM_RyXvgfPLCm89j/s320/heds-part-two-1598021823.png" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-16598496789861843462023-11-26T17:39:00.000-05:002023-11-26T17:39:04.282-05:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtlOedaxwiDIR0EiO3Ilu6fHxp7ocdbruEQWa-UsWPTbYAERIx6bVaTj6AKhwy3i8JNfot2E16nvVVrN3HsR086eXHQJZ4dwTAtvSdHz4YkYFvUDCyN2uTzUaUJIuhk7A_knMoBBFJquTi8XSuOjFEILgLbEAovUGcY87j-uYbjEVfQU-JS4ecPiI96wW/s960/Thanksgiving_card_4_1637739987600.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtlOedaxwiDIR0EiO3Ilu6fHxp7ocdbruEQWa-UsWPTbYAERIx6bVaTj6AKhwy3i8JNfot2E16nvVVrN3HsR086eXHQJZ4dwTAtvSdHz4YkYFvUDCyN2uTzUaUJIuhk7A_knMoBBFJquTi8XSuOjFEILgLbEAovUGcY87j-uYbjEVfQU-JS4ecPiI96wW/s320/Thanksgiving_card_4_1637739987600.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <b><span style="font-family: arial;">Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. </span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">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. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">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. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> www.biggerbolderbaking.com/microwave-mug-pumpkin.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> It was delicious with cookies in the bottom of the cup or not. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It's snowing here today, as I enter this blog. Winter has finally shown up. I am hunting my scarves and hats. ๐ค Hunting because I forgot exactly where they are. Guess no going out until I find them ๐๐</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>STAY WARM AND WELL!! </b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-52225636034870580352023-10-13T18:57:00.003-04:002023-10-26T22:27:25.983-04:00OCTOBER<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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.</b></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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. ๐</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>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!๐ </b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hope you have a </b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPCzfK2uBgqtpoD-F9Ykcogwez-2b_ZfgE6VP_ivtP5KF-j80jrD3-90hKX4dELQOfcPbgPpqrl4I8Ai9mwV1EYjkPrI6dQw_GWT5kYU4o-Z5qC-6XdEvUcxkjcTPQZ12k4zIEXEFu01wNMNcg5L4p4aojmO7FWraHuNpVU8LDWRToZLZvVzdQjij5siNR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="2047" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPCzfK2uBgqtpoD-F9Ykcogwez-2b_ZfgE6VP_ivtP5KF-j80jrD3-90hKX4dELQOfcPbgPpqrl4I8Ai9mwV1EYjkPrI6dQw_GWT5kYU4o-Z5qC-6XdEvUcxkjcTPQZ12k4zIEXEFu01wNMNcg5L4p4aojmO7FWraHuNpVU8LDWRToZLZvVzdQjij5siNR" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-53386434052482865612023-08-15T17:24:00.002-04:002023-08-15T17:26:39.190-04:002023!!<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It's 2023! AUGUST to be precise! ๐ฎ๐ฎ</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Shocking to me I lost the password and had a heck of a time trying to get back here. A new computer with no memory of my work and passwords..did not help.๐ I could not find where I saved some drafts. Very frustrating.๐</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>How does a person make up for 8 months lost? I guess maybe the highlights might work. Since this is mainly for myself, as I get no viewers I will just skip some things.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I've had some symptoms from the Covid I had and trying to get back to my old self. Many check ups with Dr's and tests say its a long road and could be awhile. I am glad it is not severe as some people have, but bad enough to set me back a lot. I am weaker, and breathing is harder. My immune system is weak and I wear a mask still when going outside. Don't really care what others are doing. Covid strains are still here and flu season is upon us and I will do what I must to carry on.</b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">We lost family members this past 8 months. Neither was a shock, but a big loss to us. A dear dear close friend lost her husband of over 40 yrs. Trying to cope and encouraging her is hard from a distance but we keep in touch as much as we can. My glaucoma is better with eye drops. Very relieved to have 20/20 vision with glasses still. I am downsizing my apt now to relieve any clutter and give myself a simpler way of living. Such items I do not miss at all. I find it was time to do it. It really helps in finding things easier also. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">I wrote the password in three places this time..hoping to get back here easier in the future. </b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-42239758552023134882022-12-13T16:06:00.001-05:002022-12-13T16:06:10.086-05:00DECEMBER WRAP UP!<p> </p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">So December came in and hit us with inches of snow then a warm up took it back to green lawns and left over leaves. This whole year has been odd with weather like that.</b> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It's not so great for getting over illness. I found myself still coughing and feeling weak over whatever the heck I had. Many other people have had it too. There is no real diagnosis from a doctor and supplies for antibiotics and medicines are running low in many stores.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I used the onions a lot. I must say it surprised me how it worked well. I was able to breathe better and sleep better and not cough as much. Probably the cheapest remedy I have ever used besides a few cough drops. Sorry to repeat that Flu and Covid are still around and all sorts of new variants. Poor nurses and doctors are once again overwhelmed as are their facilities. I am still wearing masks when I leave my home, staying away from people close to me and using my wipes. They may not work all the time but at least its something I can do to help keep me well. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Our apartment complex is having a contest on best decorated door, First place is 50$ off your rent. People are excited about that as rents just keep going up. As for me I have not decided whether to do it or not. Some are going all out and I am afraid what I have might not be what they are looking for, I have some time yet to decide. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The family has really dwindled down to just a few now and so only the ones that have small children are having big Christmas dinners and presents. I will be home and comfortable and make whatever I want to eat. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I AM...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_UdoLfpfU0vyF1qayI-NeeLUGqmYrJMC43p85TPTr8y7Gq4cspsmIn7OdHtLHpaVsd3qFPv_BmD1Q8fN1wILxU5OtPpouDYVuAFcmN04B4qBn24xBb2jYHR_W-VK-S8-TuGptxXdNF-pVLMMf30SPK_av_aYHkcueSzEPTdIsXYp-AFlmacWeBooiA/s600/christmas-and-new-year-wishes-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_UdoLfpfU0vyF1qayI-NeeLUGqmYrJMC43p85TPTr8y7Gq4cspsmIn7OdHtLHpaVsd3qFPv_BmD1Q8fN1wILxU5OtPpouDYVuAFcmN04B4qBn24xBb2jYHR_W-VK-S8-TuGptxXdNF-pVLMMf30SPK_av_aYHkcueSzEPTdIsXYp-AFlmacWeBooiA/w473-h355/christmas-and-new-year-wishes-1.jpg" width="473" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /> </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-66037019089243460212022-11-18T10:30:00.002-05:002022-11-18T10:34:12.801-05:00NOVEMBER UPDATE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTzi5H7EGGinR8cjlfPOnT-Y2tOscN_xiwgJBELuRNMpS1hqSG7awneGx2JjlSB7sMJAjSxTc0HtJGRok_E8k-vFhQFFQYEnTrtdNKIC12ocQuCTq1ddIQJpVZxTorQMipi8Dc_vFfNJbxaxdHsaASHwRoRXuSeZGTTH0H4t39QStesRGo-N8G4dQJA/s2560/November-2018-Free-Desktop-Wallpaper-Marmalead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1595" data-original-width="2560" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTzi5H7EGGinR8cjlfPOnT-Y2tOscN_xiwgJBELuRNMpS1hqSG7awneGx2JjlSB7sMJAjSxTc0HtJGRok_E8k-vFhQFFQYEnTrtdNKIC12ocQuCTq1ddIQJpVZxTorQMipi8Dc_vFfNJbxaxdHsaASHwRoRXuSeZGTTH0H4t39QStesRGo-N8G4dQJA/w426-h265/November-2018-Free-Desktop-Wallpaper-Marmalead.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">November rolled in and we really did have some nice weather.. 74 is NICE! Three days later it was in the 20's with some winter storm warnings. Talk about shock to the systems. It was like we just were not ready. What happened.. well I went and got a winter haircut and did some shopping out of town. I wore a mask.. no one else did. In the several places I went I was guarded to give people plenty of space. Did that work?</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">NOPE.. I came home and three days later I was testing for COVID. The first test was negative. I was still leery of it because of my symptoms. I saw on TIK TOK that people were using RED and YELLOW onions as a preventative for virus and infections. I am NOT a onion lover never have been. I don't mind cooking with them but NOT using them raw. So the idea of placing them RAW sliced on a plate in a room where I am really was not that great to me.</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">I sliced the red one up and used two slices on a plate and put it UNDER my bed. YES I DID. I wanted to see what would happen. Onions are </b><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">rich in L-tryptophan they help you sleep better and I had heard breathe better too. So I tried it. WHAT did I have to lose? I rarely sleep over 3 hours without waking up. FIVE hours later I woke up.. I was shocked. OH my it was surprising. I went back to sleep after a bathroom break and slept more. I got almost 8 hours of sleep. Something I RARELY get. Besides the smell the sleep was wonderful. It lingered for awhile yes.. but I put the onion away. </b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There are so many </b><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">homeopathic things that we are not aware of. Things that in our past that people without any drugs used. I remember my grandmother making syrup with onions and honey. It was for a sore throat. If it worked back then I guess it works now too. So that experiment led me to go to the store and buy more yellow and red onions. RED for sickness and sleep and yellow as a preventative air cleaner and less germs etc. I learned it was worth at least trying to keep me well over the wintertime. There is so much flu and virus going around. With our shots and habits nothing can keep us 100% safe but it's worth trying</span>. </b></span><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">The experiment goes on.</b></p><p><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">I passed my sleep apnea testing. Dr said no need to come back unless there is a problem. Well that was a relief. I know with my lungs having asthma all my life they are not as strong as they were before I had Covid. The next step is to see a </b><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">pulmonologist and see what shape they are in. It never ends. As we age things break down and need some tweaking I guess. Well that's the update for me.. hope you all are staying healthy and...</b></p><p><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislbgrqOHxtkSKFkJbWNQx4B-RfGDgZkCR0sVth_vdNIgoHerR9IE_mW2CJWRxZz3_pD-FYiRNkgEMnyzSl5CLzXuNGhgYIJdJaSGMNhOB1KeAB5WNymr93A9FTa_-90bzFHyDOkACX7KfU1EKZhB4i8aav5IAKFKEjvmg_XcczO7Z26tG2k5fVqyGKg/s960/Thanksgiving_card_4_1637739987600.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislbgrqOHxtkSKFkJbWNQx4B-RfGDgZkCR0sVth_vdNIgoHerR9IE_mW2CJWRxZz3_pD-FYiRNkgEMnyzSl5CLzXuNGhgYIJdJaSGMNhOB1KeAB5WNymr93A9FTa_-90bzFHyDOkACX7KfU1EKZhB4i8aav5IAKFKEjvmg_XcczO7Z26tG2k5fVqyGKg/w382-h215/Thanksgiving_card_4_1637739987600.webp" width="382" /></a></b></div><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></b></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-7691206123321481642022-10-29T17:20:00.000-04:002022-10-29T17:20:24.490-04:00OCTOBER HAPPENINGS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2y1Njt2c4kXwftfpg-40sm2CSLe3yROJ_rb0qAhVarykjjQ6U4XgZ7eb5Bl9LW_wbF1KLOG5-q00LKfyQtkMJkgM85d3VSIJ8XrneswC4XvkW1liNYjNV263Mg24mAvDtLNZVBvb9K__JsE5Qou-BvzXCMohCsMkfsb7T2DAYg49XZdj1ZlOeHqrQDA/s1280/MD0431__48947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2y1Njt2c4kXwftfpg-40sm2CSLe3yROJ_rb0qAhVarykjjQ6U4XgZ7eb5Bl9LW_wbF1KLOG5-q00LKfyQtkMJkgM85d3VSIJ8XrneswC4XvkW1liNYjNV263Mg24mAvDtLNZVBvb9K__JsE5Qou-BvzXCMohCsMkfsb7T2DAYg49XZdj1ZlOeHqrQDA/w266-h266/MD0431__48947.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b>OH it's fall and it came in a hurry.. I think winter is right on it's tail, The leaves were green and no where NEAR falling and then wham! Three nights of cold temps and away we go. Colors are beautiful this year a lot brighter than last years brown all over. We had a mild September. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Friends in Florida survived the hurricane and were lucky as others did not. Spent many days and nights sending prayers to those who were suffering there. IAN will not be forgotten for years to come. </b><div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>So October started for me with a wet carpet in my closet. The faucet leaking in the shower the cause. It was leaking inside and I didn't notice it until it was out of control. YUCK the smell was terrible. The flooded carpet back in 2013 was dried and not cleaned so it made a mess of things. The task taking EVERYTHING off the floor in there was way harder than when I put it in 9 years ago. Found that I had more than what I needed so the task was to go through things and toss lots out. INDEED, I did just that. Ran out of places to put things in the rest of my small apartment. After a day or two went by the carpet was cleaned but not what they call DEEP restoration so the company came back and did it over sucking all the water out. I still waited to make sure it was dry in there and started hauling it back. Boy was I glad it was NOT summertime. That heat would have been bad. So that all done I still have a lot to do as I am doing it slowly. Just cannot do what I used to. VERY grateful I did not have to pay for ANYTHING. Oh the joys of apt life. Good out weights the bad for sure.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The young man that moved above me is autistic and speaks to hardly anyone and goes about his days AND NIGHTS.. Oh my when he is not working his schedule he is up to all hours of the night. Goodness. He is quiet mostly and I am grateful for my ear plugs. I managed to get my flu shot and my Covid booster. The nurse told me that soon they will not be asking to write down on a card when you get your shot. Well just like a flu shot the place you get it has it on file.. it's up to you I guess. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Halloween is here and the month went fast. We barely had a fall here and our heat in the building has been on for two weeks already. Time sure flies by. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I am staying healthy and so glad about that. I managed to get my eyes tested this year and get new glasses my glaucoma is stable. Very happy about that. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WELL that's all for OCTOBER.. Take care...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw5B4dgpr23REMJ2lBxlnRHo8CT9JRRTKOdeNh6sd1rVhfpIi4ByKC9UMFWnuC1Q54XBD6ZbJvPo03V0-tv3MgIQfMl1YDbxGynP64e7km0QDo66A2SwKpf6jyeMYoq-x4C6FWC3x_r55EB1i4H0785Y3rNtP3vhSGgb1Aj-D_ljymgyw4Jtt_DKj6MA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw5B4dgpr23REMJ2lBxlnRHo8CT9JRRTKOdeNh6sd1rVhfpIi4ByKC9UMFWnuC1Q54XBD6ZbJvPo03V0-tv3MgIQfMl1YDbxGynP64e7km0QDo66A2SwKpf6jyeMYoq-x4C6FWC3x_r55EB1i4H0785Y3rNtP3vhSGgb1Aj-D_ljymgyw4Jtt_DKj6MA=w367-h240" width="367" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><p> </p></div>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-53608051655728831982022-08-28T11:40:00.002-04:002022-08-28T12:14:07.161-04:00 UPDATES!!!!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhYd7GlRFzuKwaVHKuYXhTvfo4VyTt8zC5g6hhNk2AqP_JSU1l8cSE62vJATlzETpYx6G4qyxGL7uFI8-KBewfeXgTm2ZHhsfJxt9NEvmOcTWVyQLX20gjqUFr6-TsPCj_TzjmfbO0GB3jVZQZoV2p9a73E9lDTRvQqvIDdCLHDPv7OJqz0gBRe45TQ/s612/istockphoto-603862734-612x612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhYd7GlRFzuKwaVHKuYXhTvfo4VyTt8zC5g6hhNk2AqP_JSU1l8cSE62vJATlzETpYx6G4qyxGL7uFI8-KBewfeXgTm2ZHhsfJxt9NEvmOcTWVyQLX20gjqUFr6-TsPCj_TzjmfbO0GB3jVZQZoV2p9a73E9lDTRvQqvIDdCLHDPv7OJqz0gBRe45TQ/w276-h276/istockphoto-603862734-612x612.jpg" width="276" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">WOW this is the LONGEST period I have EVER went without updating EVER.........</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SORRY it took so long...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> MARCH went out like a lion.. snow and cold and you name it just like the old saying goes. APRIL came in and more cold than warm. The trees are budding like crazy and the birds are seeking nesting areas they don't care. It is SPRING. This morning thunder and lightning almost knocked me out of bed. I sure was not expecting it. After a whole winter without that noise...well it was extra loud. Get ready for allergies and bugs..oh SPRING we have waited. So April left and it was still cool and sometimes down right COLD. YES I said cold. They cut off the boiler heat on the 18th and wouldn't you know...40's and lower every single night. Seems always like that in spring here in the mitten state.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> MAY I stopped writing in April and took it back up the END OF MAY.. where did it go? It seems so quick. Turned on my AC to see if it was still running. Well, it is but how long I have no idea. It's been all over in different places and it's 10 years old!! A friend came to visit that I see once a year and we went shopping and I got another AC just in case.</b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">JUNE</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Had Dr, checkup appts scheduled in the spring so that I did not have to go out in the wintertime. Having no car sure makes it hard to do things. Things are good and holding my own. Good to know.. WHAM two weeks later.. the old AFIB was back. I sure was shocked. I had had an EKG and things were great. Just goes to show you. It had been a LONG time since that had popped up. NO reasoning behind it. I hadn't done anything to cause it really. Good friend MO from blogging days had a bad heart spell and it was not expected either. I learned later that she was okay, went on and GOT MARRIED.. so happy for her. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">JULY</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Afib only lasted about 2 days this time and almost 2 years to the day from the last time it arrived. I was sure surprised and did not have to go to ER this time as the heart rates were not really high.</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"> The boys in the apt above me are preparing to move soon. They were being trained for Consumers Power as LINEMEN. Talk about in shape! Well they were able to complete their training and moved out before the end of the month. Nice and quiet for me. We had big DOG trauma in the complex when a woman in our building refused to follow the rules and her big Rotwiller/Pit nearly chomped on TWO other dogs in the complex. She could hardly control it when she walked it. Come to find out the dog was NOT HERS and she was taking care of it. Office told us that it was NOT ALLOWED here but she continued. She was given a warningto move if she did not CEASE that and then she decided to take it elsewhere to take care of it. She had the whole place in an uproar. She is still not popular in this place to date. Hot and humid summer, hard for me to manage it but I did get out as much as I could stand. Wearing masks really hinder me but I will not take the chances everyone else takes. Kids are gathering supplies and getting ready for school to start next month early. WHERE did the summer go? It seemed to feel shorter than years past. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">AUGUST</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">WELL our apt neighbors finally moved in a rush and the days of POT smelling are over for now. We rejoiced about that they had the whole building of 8 apts smelling terrible. In the winter they smoked it inside their vehicle in the parking lot. Summer not so. Hard to believe that one thing can disrupt the whole building like that. There was something in the lease about it but the LAWS have changed and they had not updated the lease. Hope they do next year. School started and first day of Kindergarten for my nieces girl was not trauma at all. SHE LOVED It. So happy she did and is excited about school Seems just awhile ago she was a baby. My how time flies by. </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzsSa3RpAIuVFjr9-qkPQpXEOlLAnYSteXOcQbLE3y-bTUIJT4w17wm2MSbouu_1GwIuGk9DPm9BzedYmhv5taEdNv8pxKkRawIdkqOKb_mu-GnzrGNzWCuafCYEM-8qgqmZ4XOYmJadJc3imWUfVzls8jC9YXm3FFFXTI82PXDOo6oIPoFVRSQtcKw/s2122/-2098441472182373549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzsSa3RpAIuVFjr9-qkPQpXEOlLAnYSteXOcQbLE3y-bTUIJT4w17wm2MSbouu_1GwIuGk9DPm9BzedYmhv5taEdNv8pxKkRawIdkqOKb_mu-GnzrGNzWCuafCYEM-8qgqmZ4XOYmJadJc3imWUfVzls8jC9YXm3FFFXTI82PXDOo6oIPoFVRSQtcKw/s320/-2098441472182373549.jpg" width="240" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">The new tenant moved in above me and works nights I have been told. I feel for him as I did that in the 80's for five years. It really took a toll on me. Did not know it until it was over and I was back to a normal schedule. He works for a POT plant that is near us here. I sure hope he doesn't SMOKE IT...ohhh what are the odds of this??? Our August has been the most beautiful I can remember. AC barely used and some nights have been in the 50's. RARE for August for sure. Most of our leaves are still green and it has been a weird few months here weather wise. We have been very lucky. Getting my check up for my Glaucoma soon I sure hope things are holding good there. WISH ME LUCK..</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">HAVE A GREAT SEPTEMBER...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-56619008098810955972022-03-19T17:26:00.003-04:002022-03-19T17:29:43.557-04:00MARCH CAME IN LIKE A LAMB<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3Wn8UPQa689tn5NZbrZroWsQm74ZEzcP8bTukG-H8StQgkTbp0jgootBnuYK42s9JQesMU-P03g36s57B5RPw5l6Ya14LBU5RR89PPEBms-ULdQZlA7SjJnYnkoAV1mU7gsbDb9-ErpLPp7BpuLH6LjBCA6KgJRWCxAFsvHcMdtyexEZBWLc8qBS1gw=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="500" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3Wn8UPQa689tn5NZbrZroWsQm74ZEzcP8bTukG-H8StQgkTbp0jgootBnuYK42s9JQesMU-P03g36s57B5RPw5l6Ya14LBU5RR89PPEBms-ULdQZlA7SjJnYnkoAV1mU7gsbDb9-ErpLPp7BpuLH6LjBCA6KgJRWCxAFsvHcMdtyexEZBWLc8qBS1gw=w361-h169" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>YES indeed it was a very mild entry into March this year,</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> 70 degrees and the only snow seen was in piles in parking lots water </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>running from them. Rains followed and birds are active and trees are trying to bud</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>out. Sure hope we don't get another 6 inches of snow! โ</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Around here I found a small water leak in under my carpet in my entryway. WHAT!?? I would not have known it was there if not been barefoot. Had two people look at it from maintenance and they shake their heads because this job is too big for them. I fear tearing up carpet and flooring will be the way to fix it. It has been almost a WEEK..many calls to the office.. They are making an appointment with a plumber is all I can hear. Meanwhile I am using towels and trying to keep the water from seeping any farther into my living room. If it was a big leak..well they would have had to get right to it. ๐๐ฒ</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">It's official I am a hoarder.. (oh..not that kind.).I am hoarding non perishable food items. I noticed the prices going up so fast about a month ago so every time I see something I can keep for a year or two I buy it. Oh in this tiny apt it's really a task to find places, but I am managing. This week I saw a head of lettuce for 3$๐ฑ๐ฎ too bad I can't keep that for more than a week. I shop the sales a lot and changed my eating habits. Did you know that CAMPBELL soups are pretty tasty?I hadn't bought any in years but I found the CHUNKY ones to be really good after I rinse some of it off. Salt is really sky high in those but when they go on sale.. I buy especially the ones with more protein.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">WELL I am aware of the tragedy in Ukraine and how the war is so bad. I try not to get upset over it. I limit my news intake as much as I can. Seeing babies and small kids being killed and displaced just is too much. I pray they will get as much help as they need to hold off Putin's army and end this. ๐๐๐ </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj9dIZOes5cbEdtG6ASGN8rP5qpHX6a3gWzgIRPgEasSbWz5JSWpaoJtyOn75E40-sMYc4vz6r5k7TqcYPLRRNSwsXAluWgu13xgc8nF_3WVdFYUrmfsVKlU60vtxuXm3TKhRKPNcl66OeYBKRTWUkZhMks3WpZpHfUCfyxWFbAA3eUMsH-9zFCAbwSQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="313" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj9dIZOes5cbEdtG6ASGN8rP5qpHX6a3gWzgIRPgEasSbWz5JSWpaoJtyOn75E40-sMYc4vz6r5k7TqcYPLRRNSwsXAluWgu13xgc8nF_3WVdFYUrmfsVKlU60vtxuXm3TKhRKPNcl66OeYBKRTWUkZhMks3WpZpHfUCfyxWFbAA3eUMsH-9zFCAbwSQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><p></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-28055494288795645212022-02-13T12:57:00.000-05:002022-02-13T12:57:06.576-05:00FEBRUARY UPDATE<p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqPOjXwu4YQnLOtXqblD6NkEp3akQcRq6DTApYku813cx2pa3kWenZKPesZmDZTiPaIM1FadlI6faecbIIqo-P0WTI1wFFs9-W41KUD7lrGLOu7NIs5NFc_awj7nNsbt63hqucGWnQJnTd4cI_skQxHxf8HaXspV-p878fTDwqaQXkSGaPH3x9lpZAdA=s303" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="303" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqPOjXwu4YQnLOtXqblD6NkEp3akQcRq6DTApYku813cx2pa3kWenZKPesZmDZTiPaIM1FadlI6faecbIIqo-P0WTI1wFFs9-W41KUD7lrGLOu7NIs5NFc_awj7nNsbt63hqucGWnQJnTd4cI_skQxHxf8HaXspV-p878fTDwqaQXkSGaPH3x9lpZAdA=w386-h288" width="386" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WELL half the month is gone and I am finally able to sit down and add something here. I am just getting over another "something" even the doctor had no idea what it was. Now that is unreal. I insisted on a chest x ray...that came out negative for Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Thank Goodness. After being sick soo many times I wanted to take no chances. GUESS WHAT.. I had NO taste and NO smell. YES INDEED...it was NOT COVID! I was tested three times on different days. Just amazing. Finally came to the conclusion on my own that using my inhalers more than usual could be causing a problem. Yes I was breathing better but ohhh the side effects. YIKES.. It was not flu, worse than a regular cold..Just plain weird. One the mend now just coughing some. I use two to three masks and hardly leave my place. WHY ME? Just crazy.. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SO what else is new? A new tenant moved in across the hall from me and poor lady did not have a thing but a lamp and a lazy boy and a small tv. WOW... we all felt bad for her. She was waiting for her things to come from storage and talk about a wait.. almost 3 weeks. She said a lot of her clothes and essentials were in that storage and so we did what we could to help out. She arrived in a snow storm, we had at least 9 inches total and had no boots. Talk about a sad circumstance. Told her I hardly leave my apt so I wait until the sidewalks clear up before I go. She managed to take our bus to town for some groceries. When her U Haul arrived and they unloaded it they had to hurry because it was snowing! Guess it will take awhile for her to find all her things. I sure know what it feels like to have a place with nothing in it. She was sleeping in the chair!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Word went around the complex that someone in another building had covid. It's not as scary as it was in the beginning where they would spray the building hall ways and wipe down the doors and put MASK signs up to enter. My how times have changed. Possible to have it and not know it.. YES living proof of that..so many tests and so many strains.. who knows any more. ANYWAY... just glad it was not my building. I wear a mask or TWO when I leave my place so I do take the precautions. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> This year will be 11 years since my mom passed. It seems like a long time, but your memories are like yesterday. So much has happened and some days you wish you could get her opinion about things. I often find myself talking to her, knowing there will be no answer. If I listen to my inner thoughts I will know what she would say. The days roll on and there is so much unrest in the world I know she is the lucky one not to deal with it all any more. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>HOPE YOU ALL STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimydL1bgK-wACteTxdeZzPSO4N8lsSg8_zlDbYr6SvBvFF050x-YAIxK41hsUutj4yjpYM8w3XjhyfNPJGa8-vzOJdBSSOVLT4izaQD10eRdju1_hJWEsa-3F6OeJMByxgXo0FlGS3NsrveACmeEfVR97Cgu9yxhpnvz9wLKmPkTvLRkLWag6oeRgEyw" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="474" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimydL1bgK-wACteTxdeZzPSO4N8lsSg8_zlDbYr6SvBvFF050x-YAIxK41hsUutj4yjpYM8w3XjhyfNPJGa8-vzOJdBSSOVLT4izaQD10eRdju1_hJWEsa-3F6OeJMByxgXo0FlGS3NsrveACmeEfVR97Cgu9yxhpnvz9wLKmPkTvLRkLWag6oeRgEyw=w360-h291" width="360" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-15448788997976945072022-01-20T15:05:00.002-05:002022-01-20T15:22:03.941-05:00JANUARY 2022<p><b style="font-family: arial;">Sooo January has been an interesting month. Where I live we have had little snow and some cold temps but very mild compared to all the other areas in the country.Snow came and melted and then green grass shows everywhere. Just is so strange.</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> I started the new year trying to get over a lingering bout of Bronchitis that started in December. The coughing had the neighbors asking about my health and curious if I had Covid. I have left my apt very few times so there was reason to ask I guess. Just trying to get stronger and stay away from people. I have had my fill of sickness so far and don't take too many chances. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>People mostly acting like nothing is going on. Not wearing masks or keeping their distance. Not trying at all. It sure is odd. Things are worse than in the beginning. The latest OMICRON virus runs like a cold.. seems everyone will get it sooner or later..I hope mine is NEVER. I guess I can dream. I ordered test kits from the government recently it is sure easier than standing in line or making an appt some where to get a test. Now all the masks we have are not really good enough so I wear TWO just hoping they will help. Kids in the family sent home repeated times because a single child has tested positive as precaution. So we sit and wait to see if the kids get sick and have to find a place to have them tested. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Other news is that a family member is on hospice watch and end of life care. Although they are not really close to me they are family. It is a difficult time for us all. Quite a shock to us all. We are still processing the news and trying to deal with the days to come. Appreciate your prayers for us at this time. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I do hope you all stay healthy and safe through these very hard times ahead. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH_X3iJIDdMHL_9XVc6huBb4CBdzbQUNfmiz8ViDXB7w7YmsF_LquZ_jzxG-Ei0sWDvkcEX2G3Y0QggG9ipV22SX2AQeC2DnVtAP6ZgPg0Sp0Zqorgv_z87Xd9v9_Vk3V4mLgmW5MFzlPPZjMiL_mweu3TpefsN_16tu-3ChHT66Ial8QguVGsvjOUsw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH_X3iJIDdMHL_9XVc6huBb4CBdzbQUNfmiz8ViDXB7w7YmsF_LquZ_jzxG-Ei0sWDvkcEX2G3Y0QggG9ipV22SX2AQeC2DnVtAP6ZgPg0Sp0Zqorgv_z87Xd9v9_Vk3V4mLgmW5MFzlPPZjMiL_mweu3TpefsN_16tu-3ChHT66Ial8QguVGsvjOUsw=s320" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-48967262818941028322021-12-17T17:13:00.000-05:002021-12-17T17:13:00.028-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY 2022!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlfdcPSToC34WOt-K60PPtbSLVPR3Yf0-WegheaPsoLvshOKJwhR7PGj4kwBZXSGew2nzdS1KZ2tyWXF2kHsXz9WeQrCnFC_BgDher8GG8SPL3NwNn3EOHjuJe-NGHOmE53fYgAZd4Pp4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlfdcPSToC34WOt-K60PPtbSLVPR3Yf0-WegheaPsoLvshOKJwhR7PGj4kwBZXSGew2nzdS1KZ2tyWXF2kHsXz9WeQrCnFC_BgDher8GG8SPL3NwNn3EOHjuJe-NGHOmE53fYgAZd4Pp4/w469-h352/2_1288325754_merrychristmas_1.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>What a year we all have had. Some good things and a whole lot of confusion.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I, for one, am glad it's almost over. Here's hoping we all have some peace and joy and a very healthy 2022. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnDvpPQZRprgA673Td_knxaPqufDLxhkT-AY6nlYLRe4M9NCGINF6m8fU2pHg53WDEbRW7BF0PRdVGvPbMDIJPJFNYee92UqXOVb1PwV3oJpf2v7_8sz5EsH6DXPP6RjXmL8o1Oo7Zd7b/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="680" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnDvpPQZRprgA673Td_knxaPqufDLxhkT-AY6nlYLRe4M9NCGINF6m8fU2pHg53WDEbRW7BF0PRdVGvPbMDIJPJFNYee92UqXOVb1PwV3oJpf2v7_8sz5EsH6DXPP6RjXmL8o1Oo7Zd7b/w350-h350/new-years-wishes-happy-and-healthy.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><br /><br /></b></span></div><br /><p></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-43350559336800110382021-11-27T15:15:00.002-05:002021-11-27T15:15:54.833-05:00NOVEMBER'S WILD RIDE<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCHDmfSokJk/TO0cjRffImI/AAAAAAAABx0/xo8fJsIOcxUlwFD3wSr4-Xa8Q9Pqh9mEQCPcBGAYYCw/s398/happy-thanksgiving.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="398" height="338" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCHDmfSokJk/TO0cjRffImI/AAAAAAAABx0/xo8fJsIOcxUlwFD3wSr4-Xa8Q9Pqh9mEQCPcBGAYYCw/w395-h338/happy-thanksgiving.gif" width="395" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">WELL now that is an interesting title. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">Crazy weather and lots of doctor appointments and attempts to stay away</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">from people who might be sick. Boy visiting a hospital and having tests done is a scary place now days. Sitting in an ER is pure terror for me, and I stay far away as possible unless it is a real Emergency. This whole journey started back in September and as usual it gets passed to one Dr and then another. They all have their specialties. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">So all of November mostly I spent going to one office and then another. Seeing that there were few patients in the waiting room each visit. Living in a COVID world they schedule things like that now here. I am grateful, but do not know how they clean those small little exam rooms after each patient. YES INDEED.. I carried my own stuff with me and never took the mask off. I will be doing that until this nightmare is over, if it ever is. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">Thinking that I was so scared to get the FLU and now this is so much worse than that. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">ANYWAY... things have gotten so slowly done because of shortages in staff and the places being overwhelmed. Michigan, where I live, is really high on the list now for Covid in all the hospitals but people are acting like there is NO COVID and nothing is going on. Boggles my mind. How in the world they can just go on and it's worse than in the beginning. Our governor is not being strict like in the beginning so we all are on our own to fend for ourselves. She did call in the national guard to help in the hospitals though. Well enough of this.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">Here we have had very little snow so far this month. I am still seeing green grass and its strange for November in Michigan. OH I dread the rest of the winter, as it might get a lot worse for us. The family has had a lot of illnesses so far and so our holidays are going to be so different. We are not exchanging gifts so that takes the burden off of us all. The kids in the family are getting gifts so that's all that really counts. As for me, my gift to myself was a set of three stainless steel tumblers that are great, and a new much needed microwave. His hoping you all have a great healthy holiday season. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4l01KYliEJI/YaKRgdpZC1I/AAAAAAAADOw/LGKmMTejoYQWqo0e498qjO86YISjnTHYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/7FA894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="720" height="479" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4l01KYliEJI/YaKRgdpZC1I/AAAAAAAADOw/LGKmMTejoYQWqo0e498qjO86YISjnTHYACLcBGAsYHQ/w344-h479/7FA894.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br /><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></div><p></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-47907431541035438642021-10-10T15:08:00.001-04:002021-10-10T15:08:31.696-04:00SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iHWgRswUZ5k/VjO0rSfB4EI/AAAAAAAACbI/9D72FDz1UF4ygy8HGX-opVgTROoLkWSAgCPcBGAYYCw/s461/autumn%2Bblessings.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="426" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iHWgRswUZ5k/VjO0rSfB4EI/AAAAAAAACbI/9D72FDz1UF4ygy8HGX-opVgTROoLkWSAgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/autumn%2Bblessings.gif" width="296" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FINALLY able to get back here again. New laptop and had to redo a lot of passwords.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lots taking place here. Health has taken a real ride lately. Lots of Dr. appts and testing going on. I just wish what one Dr. orders the others would be aware of. I do know I ask them all to send info on..I gave permissions. So lots of things now days are taking a back seat. I sure hate it but they do. I am so far behind on things. I guess they will settle down some time.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Our fall has been wonderful. We have had rain and cool temps and the leaves are just now beginning to color here. Some years in OCT. we have had frost and snow. I am happy not this year. So many are talking about the very cold winter we are in for. Several have told me that the wooly worm this year is solid black. They predict winter conditions pretty good so.. I'll be waiting to see what happens. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FdjJxAhlNzA/VE12RKjZq0I/AAAAAAAACDw/NmEGg7Q11zwfCAw7WH2gOQpHZIg05iYOQCPcBGAYYCw/s800/-Autumn-autumn-32310185-800-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FdjJxAhlNzA/VE12RKjZq0I/AAAAAAAACDw/NmEGg7Q11zwfCAw7WH2gOQpHZIg05iYOQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/-Autumn-autumn-32310185-800-600.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-46046418469386395642021-07-10T17:27:00.001-04:002021-07-10T17:31:22.834-04:00UPDATE ...JUNE/JULY<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lRXGuzgNgiQ/VWHhHjdleqI/AAAAAAAACQM/vG0SSpUgc3QtlyufQEL4YiskSitd0ucCQCPcBGAYYCw/s600/backyardbath.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lRXGuzgNgiQ/VWHhHjdleqI/AAAAAAAACQM/vG0SSpUgc3QtlyufQEL4YiskSitd0ucCQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/backyardbath.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Whatโs going on?? Well not much these days..I am still recovering from my battle with bronchitis and COVID. The test was positive but I am NOT convinced at all that is was right. I had NO, I mean NO similar symptoms to Covid at all. I have been away from people and it has been a long road getting strength back to normal. I guess I will not know for SURE unless I have the appropriate testing done. The doctors have told me that the test for that is very expensive and not covered by insurance. So I won't have it, but I sure am changed since being sick. After affects are being more tired than I was before and my way of thinking about things is slower and I am more forgetful. I am so grateful that I did not have any other bad side effects. </span></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Does it seem to anyone else that the hot months are just longer that they used to be? Is it just me?? I could not wait until winter was over and warmer weather set in. I was hoping that after all the push for vaccinations got over we could come back to some kind of normal. I wonder if that is ever possible? It surely will be a new normal. We will always be on guard as to someone near us that is contagious and maybe donโt know they are. 2020 was hard to get through.. 2021 is 6 months in and the summer is here. Hereโs hoping that families can get together safely and we can go without masks and find some kind of โnormalโ. The news and professionals say we can but the new Delta variance is running rampid in the country already. I , for one am still using my mask. I am used to it now anyway and feel funny NOT wearing it. I NEVER thought I would say that. Having covid the first time around.. I sure DO NOT want anything else. The heat in the whole country is making it harder to wear one I confess. I have been limiting my time outside when it is very hot. Hope you all stay free of illness and have a great summer. </span></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cTpihaSFJ0s/YOoQYKiIG5I/AAAAAAAADL4/smKn23egxcIUEYQY9UCDCTQyjYd9vMyMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s451/1170338ets0vp2xnw.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="451" height="236" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cTpihaSFJ0s/YOoQYKiIG5I/AAAAAAAADL4/smKn23egxcIUEYQY9UCDCTQyjYd9vMyMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w429-h236/1170338ets0vp2xnw.gif" width="429" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p></div>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-65075738927780403252021-04-08T18:32:00.001-04:002021-05-06T09:55:36.306-04:00TROUBLE...<p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I had trouble getting back into the blog. The browser kept saying it was unsecured so I had to use some other tactics to finally get back here. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>March was a month to beat all. It started out a great Spring with wonderful warm weather and all the snow GONE. The snow did not show up again either. I was busy getting my spring cleaning in order, while the weather was good. Seems the flowers and leaves are out on the trees really early this year. The whole month I spent trying to get into a place to get a covid shot. No matter where I went I hit a snag. I managed to get on several lists to be called IF and WHEN they got the supplies. Seemed like everyone was getting their shots at the same time. Our clinic called and said ONE AND DONE shots and that made me happy as I would not have to go back again. Not driving it is not easy to go anywhere.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WE got a date of APRIL 14..what a relief. AND THEN TROUBLE HAPPENED.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I TOOK THE BUS to town on the 26th and two days later I came down sick. The bus informed the public they were shutting down next week for a COVID problem. I immediately called them up. Should the public be concerned since I rode on Friday? They said NO.. I will always wonder,,</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>AS the days went on I got sicker.. it felt like bronchitis, which I have had at least 50 times in my life. So I did everything I usually do. Seemed to work some but the fever would not pass. The weakness was incredible. I got a call and they would be able to give me a covid shot early.. being sick.. NO WAY I could do it. So disappointed. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>WELL by APRIL 1st I was tired.. I no longer wanted to fight the fever and congestion I decided to go get some antibiotics to help out. <br />I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IS NEXT.......</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>THEY DID A RAPID TEST AND YES INDEED I HAVE COVID. OR DO I??</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY NOT TO HAVE IT SO BAD I AM HOSPITALIZED. MY horrible lungs due to asthma all my life probably helped the condition along. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SO I was told to take the meds and go home and sleep and rest. The meds make everything taste horrible and are pretty bad. I have a recheck in 10 days to see how I am progressing. I have been inside my tiny place for 13 days now. Only time out was the dr. The wiping and spraying of my sisters car and the double masks help. I sure don't want any one else getting it. IT IS NO JOKE...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I HOPE TO UPDATE IF AND WHEN I GET BACK HERE. I AM NOT POSTING ON FB ETC ONLY HERE, </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>STAY WELL GET YOUR SHOTS AND WEAR THE MASK.. IT MIGHT SAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF MISERY. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-74557043844226339712021-02-11T16:26:00.000-05:002021-02-11T16:26:00.028-05:002021 HOPEFUL AND SPEECHLESS<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZoHx6GOHnE/X_ouNF1l4tI/AAAAAAAADH8/afqUty7E5GQ1xhIbh_RIkj5RIMdUCERrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Capitol-Building.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2048" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZoHx6GOHnE/X_ouNF1l4tI/AAAAAAAADH8/afqUty7E5GQ1xhIbh_RIkj5RIMdUCERrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w422-h235/Capitol-Building.png" width="422" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I had such hope for 2021 knowing that the election was over and all but done and all the upset over who won was done. It was decided. OVER. but what happened on the sixth day into the month of January left me stunned and speechless and tearful. I had come in the house from grocery shopping and turned on the tv for the local news. What I saw took my breath away. OUR nation's capital building being over run by rioters and protesters determined to get into the building and they did. Hundreds of people rampaged into the building destroying as they went. It was a scene I hope to never see again. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">If you lived in another country it might be normal to see such a thing. The talk of revolution and riots are normal. The world is dealing with a pandemic now though and things are calmer than they used to be. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">It is now FEBRUARY...Biden is president and Trump has been impeached and is on trial. It's a process I know. They are all reliving the nightmare that happened that day in the Capital building. Clearly as the senators etc. give their testimony you can see what the whole ordeal did to them. They were so very close to being in real life threatening situations. The guard is still standing around and so are the gates that were installed around the building. Life is still going on inside the Pandemic that we are under. They put speed on vaccines to help us fight. Some are getting shots others are still waiting and some refuse completely. </b><b style="font-family: arial;">Some people in the United States of America don't seem to be the ones though that are sure of the whole virus thing they believe it is not true even though hundreds of THOUSANDS are dying. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">I shake my head and wonder just what they are thinking. They just cannot see the dangers that are evident. The winter goes on..the whole country it seems is now in really cold temps. Spring will come in less than 40 days and with it the hope that we turn a corner into getting back our lives. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-975883720899256922020-12-28T22:51:00.001-05:002020-12-28T22:51:25.138-05:00TWAS COVID...<p> T'was 3 sleeps before Christmas, and all through the town, people wore masks, that covered their frown. The frown had begun way back in the spring when a global pandemic changed everything. They called it corona, but unlike the beer, It didnโt bring good times, it didnโt bring cheer. Airplanes were grounded, travel was banned. Borders were closed across air, sea, and land. As the world entered lockdown to flatten the curve, the economy halted, and folks lost their nerve. From March to July we rode the first wave, people stayed home, they tried to behave. When summer emerged the lockdown was lifted, but away from caution, many folks drifted. Now itโs December and cases are spiking, wave two has arrived, much to our disliking. Itโs true that this year has had sadness a-plenty, weโll never forget the year 2020. And just โround the corner - The holiday season, but why be merry? Is there even one reason? To decorate the house and put up the tree, who will see it, no one but me. But outside my window, the snow gently falls, and I think to myself, Letโs deck the halls! So, I gather the ribbon, the garland, and bows, as I play those old carols, my happiness grows. Christmas is not canceled and neither is hope. If we lean on each other, I know we can cope!</p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-55468513430453349012020-12-13T17:23:00.002-05:002020-12-13T17:38:02.557-05:00DECEMBER 2020<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DECEMBER 2020</b></span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-InN0hJmS2B8/X9aSlEgx63I/AAAAAAAADHM/PnKNwuFEloswGZjUUH8issCuSmjkpTWSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s471/christmas%2B11.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="471" height="367" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-InN0hJmS2B8/X9aSlEgx63I/AAAAAAAADHM/PnKNwuFEloswGZjUUH8issCuSmjkpTWSwCLcBGAsYHQ/w373-h367/christmas%2B11.gif" width="373" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>What a year it has been.. I have so many feelings about 2020.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I put angels on this post because we as a country and world have lost so </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>many souls this year due to this horrible virus COVID. Angels were</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>here one minute and days later gone. Families in shock and just </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>left empty. I pray that in 2021 we will begin to heal and come back in some way</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>to a more calm life. I know some will be changed forever. Our service workers and </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>medical doctors and nurses have had a very hard year. May 2021 be better for us</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>all. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWLyuTU4UHI/X9aXb9Z57bI/AAAAAAAADHY/dXdh9eqQ5FQOS25OLKg8f3avDD_Q-4i_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s840/hands.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="840" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWLyuTU4UHI/X9aXb9Z57bI/AAAAAAAADHY/dXdh9eqQ5FQOS25OLKg8f3avDD_Q-4i_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/hands.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><br /> <p></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-81793583829269355702020-09-28T18:13:00.001-04:002020-09-28T18:13:22.044-04:00SEPTEMBER 2020<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SEPTEMBER</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6SPGZA1vss/X3JcfzeqMxI/AAAAAAAADGA/edpjAT1T1eMoVANKxU5w5w6rFcQ52VQTACLcBGAsYHQ/s370/1587725pgrg7w67pq.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6SPGZA1vss/X3JcfzeqMxI/AAAAAAAADGA/edpjAT1T1eMoVANKxU5w5w6rFcQ52VQTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1587725pgrg7w67pq.gif" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /> </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">What A MONTH.... It seemed at times like it was never going to end. Full of hurricanes and earthquakes, fires, pandemic and upheaval all over the country and world. I was afraid to even see the news on tv each day because it just got worse. Certainly not like any other September I have lived through. Remember those days??? The ones where all you worried over was the winter to come and how bad it might be? Did you get all your leaves raked up etc. Simple days of no worries about the world and its problems. </b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">I sure miss those days. Will it ever ever get back to those days. My opinion is NO. Things have changed the world is all different now and we will never see those days again. That sounds so negative but it's what I think. We will someday get back to NOT having to wear masks. Might take a year or two. I just don't think that our days of violence in the streets will be over for a long time. The winter weather might stop some of it but it will not go back to the way things were before. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">For me, I am grateful I have not been sick. I got my flu shot and was told it would maybe help but they have no idea how effective it will be this year with Covid around. We are smarter now wearing masks and keeping cleaner.. so maybe FLU will not be as bad. I guess we just wait and see. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">One of my best friends has NOW moved outside the state of California and I am ever so glad. Living in the fire zones was so stressful. Now that it is yearly and not seasonal.. it just was so scary every single day there. One of our tenants moved this month and we will miss him here. He was here 3 years. Sad because he said he did not want to move but HAD to. They increased the rent and he needed to be in a place he could afford. I totally understand where he is coming from. I hope it never happens to me. Moving around as much as I have in my life and then being without a home for 3 years.. well this is home now and I do not want to move again. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Well must wrap this up.. another month down. Where ever you are I hope you are well and safe. </b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kx8-2VadpMQ/X3JfyGb2KrI/AAAAAAAADGM/-JZWHw29Nms0taUBjUbKhz19VI1sPHL4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/fall.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kx8-2VadpMQ/X3JfyGb2KrI/AAAAAAAADGM/-JZWHw29Nms0taUBjUbKhz19VI1sPHL4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/fall.gif" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p>CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-61746075733304593392020-08-19T16:32:00.001-04:002020-08-19T16:32:49.358-04:00AUGUST UPDATE 2020<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfH3Fwb8ReM/Xz2Gi9yOsoI/AAAAAAAADE8/BuEV1y7cS8MAbABrE1TJFVAgCJ3iHpZ5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/621831tybc9c8h14.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="120" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfH3Fwb8ReM/Xz2Gi9yOsoI/AAAAAAAADE8/BuEV1y7cS8MAbABrE1TJFVAgCJ3iHpZ5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/621831tybc9c8h14.gif" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">YEP things have changed here at Blogger. They have made it more difficult to do a blog. Sad to say there will be a lot of people who will just stop blogging. I am down to once a month so I will stick it out I guess. Time will tell. I sure wonder who makes these decisions to change things that work. ๐ </b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NOTHING much going on here.. I am staying home a lot more than I used to. No need to risk getting the virus. I know flu season will be worse. When I do go out I get as many supplies I can. At least I know I am prepared as much as I can. August here has been HOT the AC has had very few days off. Sure different from years past. It's been a real challenge to go out in the heat and humidity with a mask on for sure. Mandated by the governor here in Michigan to wear one in the stores etc. I have had a lot of trouble breathing. Just glad I do not live in the southern states. No way I could handle it. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jJZFBuHvDys/Xz2KvqkmXCI/AAAAAAAADFI/2rYzWanGKBkmfpmb3x0FdPBzu2FZHtU3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s140/2863542ugu2s95otz.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="80" data-original-width="140" height="100" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jJZFBuHvDys/Xz2KvqkmXCI/AAAAAAAADFI/2rYzWanGKBkmfpmb3x0FdPBzu2FZHtU3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w175-h100/2863542ugu2s95otz.gif" width="175" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Relatives are okay so far. Fires in California are making them evacuees. Horrible worries that there will be no home to come back to. I am so grateful that I moved from that state YEARS ago. Saw that people are moving from the state more and more now too. People in big cities do not want to be where there is a lot of rioting and looting etc. Seems the whole country is in upheaval. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ELECTION time is growing near and so much political arguing going on. I stopped watching a lot. It was giving me such anxiety. I have never had in my old life such a mess going on in the country. ๐๐ Find myself watching old shows that I saw when I was a kid. Much better than what is on now days. Brings back good memories too. Biggest decisions here now are whether to send grade school kids back to classes. I know that older kids can handle things but seeing reports that even high schools that opened were not safe no matter what they did. A neighbor said not letting their grandkids who are kindergarten and preschool age go. It is just not worth them getting sick over. Colleges here opened..students moved in and a week later.. sent home. So if not safe for grown kids.. why risk it for grade school kids?? Parents have big decisions to make. Kids are not learning what they would be in school for sure. They are not sticking to scheduled lessons and lose interest fast. No clue if they will be passed on to the next grade.. have a feeling they will have to take the school year over again. 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CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-55940350115890237972020-06-11T16:20:00.000-04:002020-06-13T12:38:35.340-04:00JUNE 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Everyday we were bombarded with updates on CORONA virus. The news got worse</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and then some better. Many protested about the strict regulations and went against them anyway. Businesses learned that if they tried to get people to wear the masks inside their stores.. there would be backlash. Some died because of it. We were warned that if we did not take precautions to be "safe", the next round of virus would be worse. Some states lifted their regulations earlier than others. CORONA left the news very fast. People were still dying by thousands, and recovering, but corona was not what it was. Then MAY 25th happened. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> A black man who went into a store, just a routine day..happened to get a phony 20 dollar bill from a machine. Police were called and what transpired was the most horrible thing one could imagine. A young woman filmed it all on her phone. WE as a collective WORLD saw what happened. A man lost his LIFE at the hands of a</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">policeman and not in a easy shooting way.. a hard long 8 min begging for his life kind of way. Within days the WORLD responded to this death. Everyone now knows his name. GEORGE FLOYD. So then protesting in such magnitude that the world had never seen before, took place. YES it was global, destruction and death took place. </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Burning, looting and lives and businesses were destroyed. The White House was under attack, so they called in troops and fortified the gates. The president of our country had little to say really. There was NO leadership.. no calm voice to try to get people together. It was very sad indeed. He did photo ops and acted as if nothing much was happening. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>So all this happened in a period of maybe a week or so and then 4 days of funerals for George in many towns. Thousands stood and attended along the way. His poor family endured the loss in the public eye. The protests turned more into peaceful marches and want for change. CHANGE took place. It is June now and change is still taking place. Police are being charged in many cities for undo violent behavior toward black people. On August 28 a million people are expected to walk to the same place where Martin Luther King made his famous speech back in 1963. He had a dream..I do believe that his dream may finally finally take place. May GOD help our country to make the changes happen. It's time has come. </b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WELL May is here. Michigan has finally gotten some warmer temps and the grass is so green. I am really enjoying it. I still have my air conditioner covered but that won't last long. I got out this week after 13 days inside. Boy were my eyes opened. First off NO hand wipes and NO ONE wiping off carts. Instead I saw a spray bottle and a large roll of brown paper towels. I sprayed my cart good and wiped it off best I could and then used my own hand sanitizer I had carried afterward. Since the last time I was out, things really changed. Meat and eggs were hard to find in some places, and stocks of pasta, breads, soups and chips and snacks on the shelves were in on the way to empty. The prices were higher than before. Supply and demand I guess. The truck came in the day before according to a cashier guess only certain supplies come on certain days. Just happy to find some items on my list. Blue arrows on the floor told me which way to go, but I noticed that not everyone was observing it. NOT everyone was wearing a mask either. It is mandatory here, signs tell you, but really no one is stopping you or telling you to leave. I made sure that I stayed away from people anyway. It sure seemed odd. </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are STAY HOME until MAY 28!. People are NOT happy at all about it. As of today the 16th we have lost almost 5,000 people here in Michigan. We made national news and our governor has been interviewed many times on news networks. She was called "THAT WOMAN" by Trump.Many protesters showed up at the state capital in Lansing with guns and flags. Many of them were Trump supporters. The governor did not back down much. She is on Joe Biden's list for Vice President.</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sure hope he does not choose her. I just think she has enough on her plate here to do and is not the strongest person. So many other choices. People seem to think it is too severe to have so many restrictions. Well they seem to work for some states to keep things under control. Some states have already lifted so many restrictions so we wait to see what the consequences are.</b><br />
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CAROLDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509849444702821756noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144860167358432297.post-6935673631382498342020-04-19T10:37:00.001-04:002020-04-19T10:41:03.347-04:00BUY A HAT!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SO it has come to this. Stuck in Virus limbo like millions of others unable to get a hair cut. A simple trim, buzz cut, whatever.. no deal. So I trim my own pretty well in the front but the back is another nightmare. I usually have a pixie cut so it doesn't matter but this stuff is grown out 5 inches. Not wanting to have a mullet, I asked Sis to trim it off in the back. What the heck,..it is just straight across right???? ๐๐จโโ</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NOPE...the dreaded word..OOOPS.. came across her lips..I knew I was in for it. She said.. well I am sure you can FIX IT..๐ฑ ME...I asked her to fix it. Soo she says.. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">better give up.. just BUY A HAT.. everyone else is in the same boat. YES they are.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Right now you cannot shop freely much here in our little town. The GOODWILL closed and most all other shops. It's a ghost town. My next trip out I will check the Dollar General again for another scarf for a mask and a hat. By the time I get done I will look like the baddest bandit around...we all are becoming the shady characters our mothers warned us about. Smiles covered up..who knows who is lurking around the corner. ๐ </b></span><br />
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