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Yes, it was nice of her to have been looking for a car.... I really like the other forrester as far as condition and all, but the price is far more than I wanted to take on right now. This is bearable since ds said to wait til we sell some cattle and I can pay him then....he has this stimulus money they have been giving the farmers, so I think that he can manage to carry it for a bit since he is not sharing it with me. He did give me some from the first check and I told him to keep the rest for farm expenses...... of course that was before "they" got back together so tight. But for now, I will take the outback, get things here at the house put together.... get out of the rental, and then have a little more money to work with. Still, it looks like they are going to stay together . He is working his way into the family so much, and to the exclusion of doing things we normally would do.... he went and got the new discbine and just told me about it after the fact. I do not like the feeling of being an after thought with the farm stuff. So take what I can, do what I can, and start to slowly untangle from this situation I think. Sad to think about it. Lot of years tied up in this whole thing.
On another front. Didn't lose very many last night in that horrific wind and chilly temps. So things are looking up. Trying to get the ends on the greenhouse but the wind is still brisk... might have to wait to tomorrow as I can't get up on the step ladder with it blowing so hard. Need to get them out of the trailer and into it and be done with that too.
Had PT today, and he said that I am making some progress with the pain in the muscles, tendons and ligaments around the knees and the thighs and all. I didn't cringe as much today... yet I still hurt. He suggested that I talk to the dr for the knees @ Duke that I went to and got the shots, and see if maybe they would put me on something like Celebrex. I am not sure of it, but he said it is not as bad for my kidneys and liver and all that like increasing the doses of ibuprophen or tylenol that I am not getting any real relief from at all. So I am sending a message through the system online that Duke has. She was real good about answering my questions and concerns when I first considered and then did the shots. I can say, cortisone is definitely NOT MY FRIEND..... totally useless for me and in fact even feel like they hurt more than they did. And there is a very small percentage of people that do have these results. This celebrex would be a "short term" type of thing, as there is no question that I will need them replaced. I am making an appt with the dr the other PT 's mom had her knees done. But this covid crap has really got me a little concerned with the different states calling for more restrictions.... including VA..... but I have got to get in this house first and foremost.......
Got to call Deb and see about dinner tonight.
It is still colder than just chilly. Very BREEZY but at least it has let up from the blow you away wind from last night.
I did some blankets, comforter, sheets, a load of jeans and sneakers today after the PT appt. They are on the line. I put 2x as many clothespins on them so that they didn't blow away!!!!!. They will smell SOOOO good...and will be so nice and fluffy from this wind. Going to see about what else there is that might need to be done after the PT appt on Thursday.....
Calling for clear, cool temps, moderating a bit, with no precip for over 10 days. DS is going to cut some hay today and probably tomorrow and now says that will be it. He will bush hog the rest as we just don't need the hay and after these 2 places, with the orchard grass going into sq bales... the rest would be round bales and he says that it will do the ground good to just bush hog off the places that need to be cut for their second time. That's fine, I am ready to be done hay.... but I am concerned that it might be a mistake as the winter will be harder than we think. Yes we have the silage, but what about a better carry over for next year???? Well, that's his call. I will be able to just work on the house and test what farms are wanting to test, and stay in.
My friend is still very interested in renting where I am moving from. I think it will be a step up for her situation, and might work good for her.... even if only for a year or two. So I am proceding in that vein. We were going to get together today but she wound up in the hosp with an asthma attack as she couldn't get it under control. So I will get with her in a few days. I am telling my landlord about her with this rent payment. That ought to make him happy.... and he won't have to do anything to make the move work. She said she would help me do stuff to be able to get moved... and I am sure we can work out the cats and storage stuff between us. I will do what I can to help them too so that I can keep things workable between us. He ought to be glad for my doing this. Hopefully they will be able to make the rent... but I think that she is pretty responsible in that way. I mean, when she had the accident and broke her ankle, and they got behind with the rent, she paid that landlord all she could and got it all caught up...even with it being a horrible place to live and then after they had gotten all caught back up and current , he gave them their walking papers. So, this ought to be good for her even with the problems there.
Time to get going and get some other stuff done. I probably will go directly to the stone house after dinner tonight. Going out now and put a full waterer in with the chickens and fill the feeder and get the tarp wrapped around the end again. I let the one side/end down in the sun during the day.
I heard about a "tub liner" for the bathtub.... am trying to research that as maybe better to just "reline" the whole tub ? Anyone ever heard of that? @Ridgetop ???? You did all those renovations, anything like that ever come across your radar?
I brought a couple boxes of food up that I had boxed by the back door. Going to start bringing stuff like that so that I can feel like I am making a little progress.... Going to finish putting the liner down in the cabinets in the kitchen, so that I can put all the stuff in there when the time comes. The drawers are all lined with contact type paper. I am going to get the baseboard heaters put together in the bedroom and the bathroom and the utility room. Then can just run the vacuum over them for the dust. Obviously going to leave the LR, and the white ones in the DR and hallway so I can put them up clean. I am tired of tripping over them.
Need to spend a day at the other house sewing. DS gave me some pants that need patches and seams fixed. GF does not sew. I have a couple pairs of jeans that need patches too. And get some more of the fabric and stuff boxed and ready to move. Thinking the sewing machine may wind up in the bedroom.... computer in the LR as well as the TV ....vcr/dvd player.
If I get some of this stuff out of the way, then I will start to make the effort to get the good Liberty Blue dishes moved out of the china cabinet there to the china cabinet here. I will move them myself.... don't need someone breaking them. It will take a bit of time as the china cabinet is FULL....
On another front. Didn't lose very many last night in that horrific wind and chilly temps. So things are looking up. Trying to get the ends on the greenhouse but the wind is still brisk... might have to wait to tomorrow as I can't get up on the step ladder with it blowing so hard. Need to get them out of the trailer and into it and be done with that too.
Had PT today, and he said that I am making some progress with the pain in the muscles, tendons and ligaments around the knees and the thighs and all. I didn't cringe as much today... yet I still hurt. He suggested that I talk to the dr for the knees @ Duke that I went to and got the shots, and see if maybe they would put me on something like Celebrex. I am not sure of it, but he said it is not as bad for my kidneys and liver and all that like increasing the doses of ibuprophen or tylenol that I am not getting any real relief from at all. So I am sending a message through the system online that Duke has. She was real good about answering my questions and concerns when I first considered and then did the shots. I can say, cortisone is definitely NOT MY FRIEND..... totally useless for me and in fact even feel like they hurt more than they did. And there is a very small percentage of people that do have these results. This celebrex would be a "short term" type of thing, as there is no question that I will need them replaced. I am making an appt with the dr the other PT 's mom had her knees done. But this covid crap has really got me a little concerned with the different states calling for more restrictions.... including VA..... but I have got to get in this house first and foremost.......
Got to call Deb and see about dinner tonight.
It is still colder than just chilly. Very BREEZY but at least it has let up from the blow you away wind from last night.
I did some blankets, comforter, sheets, a load of jeans and sneakers today after the PT appt. They are on the line. I put 2x as many clothespins on them so that they didn't blow away!!!!!. They will smell SOOOO good...and will be so nice and fluffy from this wind. Going to see about what else there is that might need to be done after the PT appt on Thursday.....
Calling for clear, cool temps, moderating a bit, with no precip for over 10 days. DS is going to cut some hay today and probably tomorrow and now says that will be it. He will bush hog the rest as we just don't need the hay and after these 2 places, with the orchard grass going into sq bales... the rest would be round bales and he says that it will do the ground good to just bush hog off the places that need to be cut for their second time. That's fine, I am ready to be done hay.... but I am concerned that it might be a mistake as the winter will be harder than we think. Yes we have the silage, but what about a better carry over for next year???? Well, that's his call. I will be able to just work on the house and test what farms are wanting to test, and stay in.
My friend is still very interested in renting where I am moving from. I think it will be a step up for her situation, and might work good for her.... even if only for a year or two. So I am proceding in that vein. We were going to get together today but she wound up in the hosp with an asthma attack as she couldn't get it under control. So I will get with her in a few days. I am telling my landlord about her with this rent payment. That ought to make him happy.... and he won't have to do anything to make the move work. She said she would help me do stuff to be able to get moved... and I am sure we can work out the cats and storage stuff between us. I will do what I can to help them too so that I can keep things workable between us. He ought to be glad for my doing this. Hopefully they will be able to make the rent... but I think that she is pretty responsible in that way. I mean, when she had the accident and broke her ankle, and they got behind with the rent, she paid that landlord all she could and got it all caught up...even with it being a horrible place to live and then after they had gotten all caught back up and current , he gave them their walking papers. So, this ought to be good for her even with the problems there.
Time to get going and get some other stuff done. I probably will go directly to the stone house after dinner tonight. Going out now and put a full waterer in with the chickens and fill the feeder and get the tarp wrapped around the end again. I let the one side/end down in the sun during the day.
I heard about a "tub liner" for the bathtub.... am trying to research that as maybe better to just "reline" the whole tub ? Anyone ever heard of that? @Ridgetop ???? You did all those renovations, anything like that ever come across your radar?
I brought a couple boxes of food up that I had boxed by the back door. Going to start bringing stuff like that so that I can feel like I am making a little progress.... Going to finish putting the liner down in the cabinets in the kitchen, so that I can put all the stuff in there when the time comes. The drawers are all lined with contact type paper. I am going to get the baseboard heaters put together in the bedroom and the bathroom and the utility room. Then can just run the vacuum over them for the dust. Obviously going to leave the LR, and the white ones in the DR and hallway so I can put them up clean. I am tired of tripping over them.
Need to spend a day at the other house sewing. DS gave me some pants that need patches and seams fixed. GF does not sew. I have a couple pairs of jeans that need patches too. And get some more of the fabric and stuff boxed and ready to move. Thinking the sewing machine may wind up in the bedroom.... computer in the LR as well as the TV ....vcr/dvd player.
If I get some of this stuff out of the way, then I will start to make the effort to get the good Liberty Blue dishes moved out of the china cabinet there to the china cabinet here. I will move them myself.... don't need someone breaking them. It will take a bit of time as the china cabinet is FULL....