Saturday, August 6, 2011-Rainy Day

It's been a crummy, rainy day but I don't care. I'm inside. Don't like the dampness though. It's harder to breathe and the mold and mildew gets worse.
I've been tired for the past two days. Didn't feel like doing too much. My legs are bothering me a lot. They hurt even when I'm in bed. The right ankle and leg area is still swelling all the time. I try to put that foot up as much as I can but it's hard when I'm up and down too all the time.
Nina finally called me after not hearing from her for almost two months. She's been on crutches for three weeks. She fell on her stairs when she was carrying Jessi to her bedroom at 1:30 in the morning. She sprained her ankle and hurt her Achilles tendon. She has one of those air casts on and is just starting therapy. It will be a few more weeks till she can really walk on it. And she will be starting back to school soon. So I guess it's been tough over there at their house. Good thing the kids are bigger and can do more. Nina says she goes to the grocery store and the kids push the cart while she walks with the crutches. She won't use a riding cart.
The kids still have the chipmunk. But one of their cats went missing and never came back so Nina figures it must have gotten killed. She really shouldn't let her cats out but they always have.
Jessi might have Lyme's Disease. That poor kid seems to get all the bad luck when it comes to being sick. Nina said she won't know for sure till they get the rest of the blood work back but it did show positive. They think she might have Mono also. Can't believe that! She isn't on any medication yet until they know for sure what it is. I thought Mono was catchy but Nina said the Dr. says it's not unless you drink out of the same glass. It's spread through saliva. We used to call it the "Kissing Disease" when I was growing up. Never knew anyone that had it though. Poor Jessi.
Nina won't be at the Miller Reunion Saturday but she said she might come to Rick's picnic on the 20th if everyone is up to it and she can get around better.
I had some people come over today to pick up a couple of nice cobalt blue vases that I had for sale. They were "Indiana Glass". Very pretty. I also have a girl coming sometime to pick up a nice gold framed mirror that I've had for 33 years. And another guy is coming Tuesday to buy my Ronald Reagan 24 K Gold Inaugural Medals. I'm getting rid of a few things slowly anyway.
I still haven't gotten the entertainment center out of here...but a kid will be coming to take it as soon as he gets someone to come with him. It can't be moved by only one person.
Nina thinks I shouldn't be selling everything yet. She says my apartment might look too empty..Ha! Ha! But she will be glad someday when she doesn't have to move all that stuff out herself.
Looks like another rainy day tomorrow and very humid. Yuck. I won't be going out. That's for sure! I don't have to go out again till Tuesday.
I didn't see any foxes today and my Granny still hasn't come around. I can't keep thinking about her though because it bothers me to think that she might be dead. I don't trust some of these neighbors around here. They might poison the foxes because they don't like them. Those kind of foxes are misunderstood. If people see them out during the day they think they have rabies. If only they knew more about them but most people are ignorant about wild life. And those kind of foxes are very meek and shy. Their worst enemies are humans and dogs.
I saw the bunny rabbit outside today so he is still alive and well. He's so cute.
Well. It's time for me to go to bed. Take care everyone.

August 4th Update

My car was done at 3:30 so I called Jeanne and she came over and got me and took me to Ilion. They let me pay the $150 and let me take the car even though Jane couldn't get there till tomorrow to pay the balance. She had clients all day. But they know Jane and Savey because Savey does all their books and taxes. The car feels better so I guess they did something right.. They had to put a tie rod end on the left front wheel and bearings. Then they had to do an Allignment, which was $79!! Got the oil changed and grease job and they put air in my tires. Am glad to have it back and able to drive yet. Wouldn't it be nice if we both lasted another year!! Ha! Ha!
I just talked to Jane. She said that Steve is leaving tomorrow for Ashville. He's riding down with his friends, Dr. Mike and his wife. They own a home there. They don't drink so Steve will be sober for a week anyway I hope.. He drank at the Irish Fest last weekend and had a real bad hangover and had the shakes. He'll be having a heart attack.
Now it's after 7 pm. The birds are all covered for the night and I think I'll go over to Walmart to pick up a few items. Then I won't have to go out for the rest of the weekend.
I still have not seen Granny fox. It's making me sad. I fear that something has happened to her. I hope not. She's my old faithful. I did see the baby woodchuck more today. He ran away once but then came back and didn't run when I talked to him.
That's all for now. Take care everyone.

August 4, 2011-Bad News About My Car

Well. My car won't pass inspection unless I put a new tie rod and wheel bearing on one side. They called me early this morning. He said it would cost $460 total for everything. That includes the inspection and oil change. So now I have to get these other things done also. When they get done with the tie rod end they have to do a wheel allignment also. I didn't know what to do so I called my sister Jane and asked her for help. I've never asked her for anything my whole life. It's hard to ask her. She bitches about money all the time. but I did call and she said she'd pay for it. I'd rather have asked Savey but she won't let me. She thinks that it's her obligation to pay for her family's stuff. Not him. Even though they are married and he has all the money. Trouble with asking Jane is everyone will hear about it and then I'll have to hear how broke she is and it will make me feel guilty. Even though she will take any stray cat and take it to the Vet and get it fixed. She just did that two weeks ago. She spends lots of money for the animals.
I needed $300 because I have the rest. My brother Rick paid for the pipe I needed last month. Now I'll feel obligated to both of them. I've been trying to sell things and have sold a few items. That's how I had the money to get my car registered and was sure I had enough for the inspection and oil change. Never expected it to have any other problems.
I'm not ready to give up my car yet as long as I can still walk. And I sure don't want to be asking the family for rides all the time and I'm sure they aren't looking forward to me asking either.
So I'm not sure when the car will be done. Maybe I'll just wait till tomorrow to pick it up. I think Jeanne has tomorrow off anyway. That way she won't have to leave work today.
So my stress level was up quite a bit first thing this morning. Didn't need that.
I'll be back later and fill you in on anything else. Have a nice day.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011-Took My Car To Garage

Jeanne met me at The Four Season's at 6:15 and gave me a ride back home. It was raining. Sure did get a lot cooler. She will give me a ride tomorrow also when I go to pick up the car. Hope they don't find anything wrong with it. I can't afford any more. It should pass inspection okay. I'm not worried.
Since the second lady had to cancel on the entertainment center I now have a guy who wants to come and get it on Friday. He lives in Bridgewater but has to be in Mohawk for a dental appointment that day. I told him he can not move that thing alone and I won't even let him try. He has to bring someone with him. So he might have to wait. He was one of the guys I turned away at first. He was glad I still had it.
I'm tired today. Not getting enough sleep I guess. So I am not staying on here long to write much. Got to get to bed.
I'll be back tomorrow after I get my car back. Take care everyone.

August 2, 2011-Still Cleaning Out Things

Been going through more stuff for the past couple days. Sold my brand new Oreck cordless iron and my external DVD burner. I knew the girl that bought the iron. She sure can talk. Guess she buys a lot of stuff on Craigslist. She and her husband live in Utica. They were on their way to Fultonville to buy a patio set also.
The kid that bought the DVD burner came down from between Utica and Rome. He had one just like it but burned it up making too many DVD's. Mine was just like new so he was real happy to have it. When he got home he hooked it right up and burned a couple DVD's. He wrote me an e-mail.. I told him when I empty one of my external hard drives I'll send him an e-mail; because he said he'd like to buy that also. I have three and I'm trying to compact all the stuff onto two. The Maxtor is nice but it's heavy. Works great though. But I have 100 Gigs to move onto my other one. That will take some time. And I want to go through everything and maybe delete some of the stuff that I don't need any more. I have too many duplicates on my hard drives. None of my family is into computers that much so they won't want that stuff.
Found a few old coins today when I was going through stuff. Forgot I had them. Silver is up now also so I can get about $70 just for a few silver dimes and a few quarters and two half dollars. I sold a lot of coins years ago when it wasn't worth that much. Sure wish I had all those now. I had a whole roll of brand new silver dollars back then. Sold them for $90. Today they would be worth
$290 at least. I have to find out where to take them though. Up in Utica probably.
I'm worried about my Granny fox. It's been two days now and I haven't seen her at all. She always came every single morning and afternoon. Today seemed quiet though for animals. Not sure why. Didn't even see the woodchucks today and they always come. Something is going on outside that I can't see. But I am worried about Granny the most. She's getting old and she's so pretty and friendly and quiet. Hope she hasn't gotten caught in a trap somewhere.
I am dropping my car off tomorrow night in Ilion so they can inspect it and change the oil on Thursday. I have to call one of my sisters so they can meet me there tomorrow evening and bring me home. Then I will need a ride on Thursday to get it. Hope Jane doesn't have clients late on Thursday so she can get me there before they close. I'm dropping it off tomorrow night so I won't have to drive it during the day with with an expired sticker. They have a drop box for the keys.
My left knee is hurting real bad again. Guess I've been on my feet too much this week. The left foot hurts and that causes the knee to hurt. have had a wicked back ache from standing too much. I try to sit for a while but then I'm right back up doing more things.. I never can stand to sit for long.
So now I must get up and look out the window. It's just about dark. Got one tiny black skunk out there. Nothing else around yet.
Take care everyone.