Went to look at a house today. May buy it. We bought this one 25 years ago. All owner occupied around here then, almost all rentals now.
What did you do today?
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The day before yesterday I did some more cleaning in the house & cleaned out the car so it wouldn't be too junked up to give my elderly friend a lift to a restaurant. We went to visit her out in West Monroe yesterday. She's about 93 years old now and has a helper who drives her places. She ended up riding with her helper. The helper assists her with getting in and out of vehicles as well as getting up and down from chairs. She uses a walker so the helper stays near her to make sure she won't lose her balance or get dizzy and fall. It was really great seeing her again.
The kittens finally caught on to the whole litterbox thing and are no longer peeing on the waterproof mattress pad on the bed, so I haven't been having to wash the pad 3x a day. My sister has been keeping the litterbox cleaned, but I still need a better litter mat and an extra box. One box is not enough for all 6 of the kitties in the front room.
I think I mentioned before that we started demolition on the walls of the guest bathroom, although right now the studs are still up and a bunch of laundry and stuff has been shoved in to that room pending getting washed. I wonder if pure lemon juice would work on couch pillows/cushions or if I should just toss them.
I got a bunch of Mom's laundry done-- still have a ton more to wash though. Got a long handled lint brush for cleaning out the dryer lint catcher area and that has helped.
I'm going to be driving my sister back around the 3rd or 4th of January and maybe staying a week or two. I'm leaning toward a week bc I worry that my brother won't take care of things while we're gone. I also hope he doesn't bring over his friend who is banned from the house. I'm not too worried about the healthy cats, but there's an elderly cat and a cat with leukemia-- the latter needs a lot of care.
Since the floor in the kitchen was so messed up, I used some area rugs to temporarily cover it up.
That rotten looking spot is covered with this runner
And the part that is torn up has another rug
We used to have a larger one, but my brother dropped something that broke and it spilled all over & just ruined it.
The front room where my sister is staying looks like this:
The kittens finally caught on to the whole litterbox thing and are no longer peeing on the waterproof mattress pad on the bed, so I haven't been having to wash the pad 3x a day. My sister has been keeping the litterbox cleaned, but I still need a better litter mat and an extra box. One box is not enough for all 6 of the kitties in the front room.
I think I mentioned before that we started demolition on the walls of the guest bathroom, although right now the studs are still up and a bunch of laundry and stuff has been shoved in to that room pending getting washed. I wonder if pure lemon juice would work on couch pillows/cushions or if I should just toss them.
I got a bunch of Mom's laundry done-- still have a ton more to wash though. Got a long handled lint brush for cleaning out the dryer lint catcher area and that has helped.
I'm going to be driving my sister back around the 3rd or 4th of January and maybe staying a week or two. I'm leaning toward a week bc I worry that my brother won't take care of things while we're gone. I also hope he doesn't bring over his friend who is banned from the house. I'm not too worried about the healthy cats, but there's an elderly cat and a cat with leukemia-- the latter needs a lot of care.
Since the floor in the kitchen was so messed up, I used some area rugs to temporarily cover it up.
That rotten looking spot is covered with this runner
And the part that is torn up has another rug
We used to have a larger one, but my brother dropped something that broke and it spilled all over & just ruined it.
The front room where my sister is staying looks like this:
Pretty fancy looking oriental screen in the 3rd image. When I was a kid, my Dad used to deliver for Coca Cola. I don't ever recall a bottle carrier or case that big. (last image)
Floorist, I'd be a bit wary of buying a rental. Sometimes you end up with tenants that are hard to evict or they have done a lot of damage to the property. I see a lot of court cases on TV where someone purchased a house with tenants or someone has tenants. Sometimes the property is ok prior to purchase, but angry former tenants will vandalize. I'm sure you know all this already though.
Highup, the screen and rug came from Vietnam back in the 90s. It was before trade with the US started picking back up again, so my father got a lot of the lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlay stuff for cheap. I think the screen was $600, he got some little boxes for about $4 each, and some eggshell artwork (not sure the price on them). We have some wall mounted screens that were about $12 I think.
I can't remember where my father found the coca cola containers. Back in the late 90s we flew to Saipan and hopped a tiny plane to Tinian. Saw where the Enola Gay launched from to drop the bomb and found a midden pile in the woods that was nothing but WW2 coca cola bottles going all the way back to 1942. I dug down through the broken ones to find good ones and filled my backpack up. We gave quite a few away over the years, but we must've gotten about 50 of them.
The display case the coke containers are sitting on is an antique piece that belonged to my father's grandmother. I believe he got the shells from diving back when he had a license to legally be able to bring those up from dives (he used to be the manager and stocker of an aquarium in college and eventually got a Masters degree in invertebrate zoology).
The thing on the wall with the US flag is the cloth my father carried with him in Vietnam that has writing in multiple languages indicating that if he was a citizen of the united states and he was seeking food, protection, and assistance in being returned to his people and that if such assistance is given, the people will be rewarded. (I need to take a picture of the text closer up someday).
The large piece of furniture to the left of the antique case is something that was in a furnished apartment we rented in either Singapore or Guam. We had a similar piece that wasn't as pretty and when we were about to transfer, my parents asked the owners of the furniture if we could trade out the display cases and they were fine with it, so we took the prettier one and left the "ugly" one. I've grown to like the display case despite loathing it when I had to clean it and managed to cut my hand on a glass shelf.
My sister is seated in my mother's antique rocking chair that is over 40-years-old. Laser-eye-kitty is Yasuke.
Sorry for the babbling. LOL.
Highup, the screen and rug came from Vietnam back in the 90s. It was before trade with the US started picking back up again, so my father got a lot of the lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlay stuff for cheap. I think the screen was $600, he got some little boxes for about $4 each, and some eggshell artwork (not sure the price on them). We have some wall mounted screens that were about $12 I think.
I can't remember where my father found the coca cola containers. Back in the late 90s we flew to Saipan and hopped a tiny plane to Tinian. Saw where the Enola Gay launched from to drop the bomb and found a midden pile in the woods that was nothing but WW2 coca cola bottles going all the way back to 1942. I dug down through the broken ones to find good ones and filled my backpack up. We gave quite a few away over the years, but we must've gotten about 50 of them.
The display case the coke containers are sitting on is an antique piece that belonged to my father's grandmother. I believe he got the shells from diving back when he had a license to legally be able to bring those up from dives (he used to be the manager and stocker of an aquarium in college and eventually got a Masters degree in invertebrate zoology).
The thing on the wall with the US flag is the cloth my father carried with him in Vietnam that has writing in multiple languages indicating that if he was a citizen of the united states and he was seeking food, protection, and assistance in being returned to his people and that if such assistance is given, the people will be rewarded. (I need to take a picture of the text closer up someday).
The large piece of furniture to the left of the antique case is something that was in a furnished apartment we rented in either Singapore or Guam. We had a similar piece that wasn't as pretty and when we were about to transfer, my parents asked the owners of the furniture if we could trade out the display cases and they were fine with it, so we took the prettier one and left the "ugly" one. I've grown to like the display case despite loathing it when I had to clean it and managed to cut my hand on a glass shelf.
My sister is seated in my mother's antique rocking chair that is over 40-years-old. Laser-eye-kitty is Yasuke.
Sorry for the babbling. LOL.
Pretty neat family history/memorabilia .
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10 degrees -9 WC
Nick
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-5 with WC. Slowly bringing in fire wood .. Couple of trips at a time ..
If you want to feel cold here it is:
https://www.facebook.com/NWSTwinCit...752513291552/1757037597663028/?type=3&theater
My brother lives up by Alexandria and sister down by Albert Lea.
:camping:
Daris
https://www.facebook.com/NWSTwinCit...752513291552/1757037597663028/?type=3&theater
My brother lives up by Alexandria and sister down by Albert Lea.
:camping:
Daris
Nick
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Nick
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Nothing to wipe ..
Windchill factor is like 16degrees here. That is pretty much unheard of for this area. I had to drag the old dog in (literally, dragged her on a leash) so she wouldn't be outside in the cold. She probably could have been ok in her doghouse bc she has a very thick coat all year round and it gets thicker in winter. She's passed out on the living room floor and will probably piss on the carpet during the night because she has no bladder control.
--1.....-17 wc
Nick
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Have a safe trip..
Thanks. I wanted to head out on Thursday, but my sister is pushing to leave Wednesday. I have a lot of stuff to get done tomorrow. I should have organized my stuff and packed it already, but I'm a procrastinator.
My friend's girlfriend called me to tell me that their water froze and there was a puddle of ice underneath the kitchen sink faucet (where the faucet mounts to the sink). No insulation in that room. A coworker agreed to take his shift tomorrow so he can put in some insulation and try to weatherproof the kitchen and bathroom a bit more. Their water heater is outside with no covering whatsoever so that probably doesn't help.
The old dog finally wanted out-- and she ran (as well as she can with her back legs barely working) out to do her business. After a few minutes I went back out with the leash and led her back inside. She didn't give me too much trouble and went right to her doggy bed. At my friend's house there was an orange cat on their porch that was begging for food and shelter. If it wasn't so skittish I would have brought it home. I might see about getting a styrofoam cooler and cutting a hole and putting some rags inside so the kitty can keep warm-- if the kitty survives the night. Poor thing. I would have let it inside if it was at my house.
I also have to get up early and take the kittens in for their vaccines in the morning. I'm really hoping my brother will take good care of everything while we're gone. Old dog will need her heartworm meds on the 9th & needs thyroid meds twice daily. Sickly kitty needs canned or packet food twice a day. Doors to front room need to be kept shut. They don't quite shut right and keep popping open (they are double doors and only one has a knob).
I have to go to Alexandria tomorrow as well to stock up on cat litter.
My friend's girlfriend called me to tell me that their water froze and there was a puddle of ice underneath the kitchen sink faucet (where the faucet mounts to the sink). No insulation in that room. A coworker agreed to take his shift tomorrow so he can put in some insulation and try to weatherproof the kitchen and bathroom a bit more. Their water heater is outside with no covering whatsoever so that probably doesn't help.
The old dog finally wanted out-- and she ran (as well as she can with her back legs barely working) out to do her business. After a few minutes I went back out with the leash and led her back inside. She didn't give me too much trouble and went right to her doggy bed. At my friend's house there was an orange cat on their porch that was begging for food and shelter. If it wasn't so skittish I would have brought it home. I might see about getting a styrofoam cooler and cutting a hole and putting some rags inside so the kitty can keep warm-- if the kitty survives the night. Poor thing. I would have let it inside if it was at my house.
I also have to get up early and take the kittens in for their vaccines in the morning. I'm really hoping my brother will take good care of everything while we're gone. Old dog will need her heartworm meds on the 9th & needs thyroid meds twice daily. Sickly kitty needs canned or packet food twice a day. Doors to front room need to be kept shut. They don't quite shut right and keep popping open (they are double doors and only one has a knob).
I have to go to Alexandria tomorrow as well to stock up on cat litter.
Sister might be amenable to a Thursday departure since it's still cold as Hel (in Norse Mythology, Hel was a frozen wasteland). I'm supposed to pick my friend up to bring my pipe cutters over, but it's not even up to the 30s yet. In all the years I've lived here it's never gone below 27 here and it's sitting at 25 right now. I know that is nothing compared to places that get in negative degrees, but for here it is unusual and they don't sell appropriate clothing and supplies for this type of weather. A cordless blowdryer would be nice about now, but I don't think they carry any.
I may have to just go get my friend and wrap the coupling in Flex tape as an extra precaution.
I may have to just go get my friend and wrap the coupling in Flex tape as an extra precaution.
Nick
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I get all my winter clothes at Cabellas . They ship..
When it comes to clothes, I usually touch have to touch them and see how they feel before I buy them. Because there are some things that look soft, comfortable, and thick but turn out to have textures like sandpaper or be paper thin.
It got warm enough for me to go wake my friend up, brought him over and he said there was a long split. Fortunately I had just the right sized scrap so he put that on. Unfortunately, it cracked all the way to the elbow (it came out of the house, had a 90 elbow, and then went up to a ball valve. Good thing I had an old elbow that still had a short run of PVC on it already so we used that-- just cut it so it was straight. But, when my friend went to cut the elbow off from under the ball valve it split all the way to the ball valve. I only had a CPVC ball valve among my supplies. I made a quick trip to the store and grabbed 3 more (just in case), plus some 1/2" fittings he needed to fix his plumbing. I had to drop them off and drive back in to town bc his girlfriend needed a lift to work. She'd been trying to call me but I was in a dead zone. Ran back in to town again and picked her up. She had spent the night at his grandmother's house because their own house was too cold & had no running water. She somehow misplaced her work shoes and was frantically trying to find them. Supervisor told her she could come in up to 30 min late. I helped her look for the shoes then told her to just take her black winter work boots. She argued that they wouldn't let her wear them, I told her to just take them and ask and I would go in with her and make sure nobody gave her any crap. Was about 10 min after her shift was supposed to start (still within the half-hour grace period she'd been given- and still less than 15 min late). As soon as she walked through the door some sour-faced biyatch shouted at her "It's about time you got here!" while giving both of us stink-eye. I stepped in between them and said very loudly "If anyone has a problem with her being late, you can talk to *me* about it!" A few employees ran away, biyatch glared at me and started to give me attitude, and then another nicer supervisor stepped in. She said the girl could wear the boots. I then explained that the girl was late because I was her ride and had my pipes burst and was trying to get things fixed and that I lived out in the woods so it took me awhile to get in. Nicer supervisor was very sweet about it and understood. Biyatch walked away.
When I got back I turned on the main valve and the one to the house. Well, tried to turn the one for the house, it wouldn't budge. I called my friend over and he said "Good God! This thing doesn't want to move! Hold my drink!" He eventually got it to turn and we had water. My sister went and flushed the toilet and we're on our 3rd load of laundry right now.
We're going to leave early tomorrow morning and I feel much better about it.
It got warm enough for me to go wake my friend up, brought him over and he said there was a long split. Fortunately I had just the right sized scrap so he put that on. Unfortunately, it cracked all the way to the elbow (it came out of the house, had a 90 elbow, and then went up to a ball valve. Good thing I had an old elbow that still had a short run of PVC on it already so we used that-- just cut it so it was straight. But, when my friend went to cut the elbow off from under the ball valve it split all the way to the ball valve. I only had a CPVC ball valve among my supplies. I made a quick trip to the store and grabbed 3 more (just in case), plus some 1/2" fittings he needed to fix his plumbing. I had to drop them off and drive back in to town bc his girlfriend needed a lift to work. She'd been trying to call me but I was in a dead zone. Ran back in to town again and picked her up. She had spent the night at his grandmother's house because their own house was too cold & had no running water. She somehow misplaced her work shoes and was frantically trying to find them. Supervisor told her she could come in up to 30 min late. I helped her look for the shoes then told her to just take her black winter work boots. She argued that they wouldn't let her wear them, I told her to just take them and ask and I would go in with her and make sure nobody gave her any crap. Was about 10 min after her shift was supposed to start (still within the half-hour grace period she'd been given- and still less than 15 min late). As soon as she walked through the door some sour-faced biyatch shouted at her "It's about time you got here!" while giving both of us stink-eye. I stepped in between them and said very loudly "If anyone has a problem with her being late, you can talk to *me* about it!" A few employees ran away, biyatch glared at me and started to give me attitude, and then another nicer supervisor stepped in. She said the girl could wear the boots. I then explained that the girl was late because I was her ride and had my pipes burst and was trying to get things fixed and that I lived out in the woods so it took me awhile to get in. Nicer supervisor was very sweet about it and understood. Biyatch walked away.
When I got back I turned on the main valve and the one to the house. Well, tried to turn the one for the house, it wouldn't budge. I called my friend over and he said "Good God! This thing doesn't want to move! Hold my drink!" He eventually got it to turn and we had water. My sister went and flushed the toilet and we're on our 3rd load of laundry right now.
We're going to leave early tomorrow morning and I feel much better about it.
