Wednesday, June 8, 2011-It's Very Hot!

It's getting so hot today. Supposed to go near 90 degrees. I don't like it that hot. But I'm inside where it's cool and hope my air conditioner keeps working.
I went over to Walmart late last evening after the sun went down. I knew I wouldn't be going out for the next two days when it was so hot. I have to go out Friday to get groceries but by then it will be cooler and not as humid.
I put a couple dishes of water out for the birds and critters in case they can't find any. I always feel bad for them in hot weather. Especially the foxes. But they usually just come early in the morning and late at night when it's this hot. And they never touch the water so I figure they have a water source up there in the woods somewhere.
I'm watching the Casey Anthony trial. At least that keeps me occupied all day. Of course I'm up and down doing things all the time also and I get an hour and a half at their lunch break and 15 minutes recesses or five minute breaks all day too.
Finally got a letter written to a girl I went to school with. She had written to me back in February and I never answered her till now. I feel bad about that but every time I would think about it I'd forget again. She lives down in Uniondale, NY. I have also forgotten to make birthday cards for a couple of the women that live here. Sometimes I feel obligated to give them a card even if I don't want to. But I'm not going to do it any more if I don't. I don't have the ink to spare any more either.
My cousin Jack, who lives out in CA, has had a minor stroke. He couldn't swallow but thought nothing of it till it happened again. So he's in the hospital getting all kinds of tests right now. Hopefully he will be okay. I'm thinking about you Jack and praying you will be fine enough to come home this summer to visit your family. It's so scary when something happens. We are all getting to that age now. But his wife Jeannie will take good care of him and she has lots of family out there.
That's all for now folks. I hate this computer chair. It cuts the circulation off from my legs. If I'm not back later I'll be back in a couple days.
Take care everyone and for those that are in hot weather, be careful and stay hydrated and cool.

Monday, June 6, 2011-Bright Sunny Day-Getting Hotter

It's a nice day but this week is going to be a scorcher. I guess if I have to go out I'll be going very early in morning or very late in the evening. Going to be up in the 90's by Thursday! I don't like that.
The electricity went off at midnight and didn't come on till this morning. Not sure when. Sometime between 4 and 6 am. I was wondering why but then one of the ladies here told me the village is working on something and the electricity will be off again tonight at the same time. I guess there was a notice in the community room but I don't go in there. They should have posted it over the mail boxes.
I'm not going to do too much today. I feel tired. Jasper was walking around at 5 am. So I never did get much sleep all night.
I'm watching the trial on TV. They are on lunch break right now. It's getting very interesting now.
I've got to call the pharmacy to order more Ostomy supplies before I forget and run out of bags.. My belly is a bit irritated. I changed my flange this morning. It's the adhesive that is doing it now I think. The area around my Stoma is doing good.
I weighed myself at Rick's the other day and I now weigh 165 lbs.!! I have gained 40 lbs since November..Ha! Ha! That's how much I weighed before all this started a few years ago. My clothes don't fit so well though. Maybe I should go to the Salvation Army and get some large sized shirts. I can't afford to buy any new ones. Sometimes I will find a blouse or shirt in Walmart marked down to $3.
I hate doing laundry but it's getting about that time to be doing it again. I have to be in the mood and that isn't often..
I'm still waiting for the baby foxes. One of the ladies seen a baby woodchuck in the parking lot this morning. I was wondering about the woodchucks. I only saw that little one one time. Glad to know they are still around.
The girl next door on the hill said there is a Pheasant wandering around also!! I'd love to see that!! But I don't go out to the front much.
That's all for now. Have a nice day everyone.

June 4, 2011-Had A Nice Day Yesterday

The falls below Rick and Ann's place.

The view of the water and little falls from their deck. Directly across the water is where he sees the Otter and the Blue Heron sits at the top of the falls sometimes.

Yesterday turned out real nice. I was planning on taking my car over to the muffler shop but my brother, Rick, called in the morning and said something went terribly wrong with his transmission in his truck and was going to drive it to Carbone's in Utica. He said he'd pay for my car repair if I could get to Utica and then give him a ride back to Munnsville where he lives. So I called the muffler shop in Herkimer to see if that guy had already gotten the pipe. He hadn't so I told him to cancel it and I'd get one put on in Utica.
I was a little afraid of driving that far with my noisy car. I called Rick back and said I'd meet him at Carbone's but since the muffler shop was just up the street from where he had to go he said to go straight to the shop and he'd walk up. So I got ready and left the house around 10:45. Had to stop and get gas first then I got on 5S to head for Utica. And right as I turned onto 5S there was a road block! I thought they'd say something for sure about the noise but they were only looking for seat belts and sticker stuff on the windshield. They waved me on by. I would have told them I was on my way to get it fixed anyway.
I get to the Monro Muffler shop up there and they didn't have that pipe in stock either and said they'd have to get it from Oneida. They meet a guy half way though. Then Rick came in after he left his truck off at Carbone's. At first I thought I'd just drive to the Oneida shop but these guys said they wouldn't be able to get me in up there till 5:00. Yikes! No way. Rick had to be to work by five. I asked them how much it was going to cost and they said $134. Damn! In Herkimer they said $85. They said the guy in Herkimer hadn't added the labor yet. I doubt it. I had specifically asked him what the total would be. But Rick said to let them go ahead and do it. He was paying for it. It was going to take till 1:30 before it would be done by the time they could meet a guy half way with the part. So Rick wanted to have lunch at Symeon's across the road. It was a little scary to think about walking over that four lane highway with my crutches but I did it.
We had a nice light lunch. My first time eating out in years. So that was a nice treat for me. And I could use the bathroom there instead of the muffler shop one. They are always so dirty.
We walked back over around 1:10 pm and they had just gotten the pipe. They put it on and then we left. Seemed nice to have a quiet car again. It still sounds a bit louder than it should though but it might just be me.
I drove to Rick's on back country roads that I didn't know about. I'd probably get lost if I tried to go that way again but it was so pretty. And when we got to Rick's road he had me go down a little road first to see the Stockbridge Falls. I'd never seen it from below before. Rick lives on the top of it. His place is so nice with the running water and another little falls in his back yard.
What a beautiful day it was. It was sunny and only in the 60's. Perfect weather! I took some pictures of his back yard. He told me that an Otter comes across the water almost every day and also a Blue Heron. I didn't see either. Sure wished I'd had. That would have been so neat. Maybe next time I will.
I left his place at three and came home.
I went back out later at 8:30 to Walmart to get a few things. Wandered around in there for a while, looking at things. Got home at 9:30. By the time I got to bed last night it was midnight. I felt wide awake so was on the computer doing the pictures I had taken and getting them up on Facebook.
Today I'm just relaxing. Debby had sent me a message on Facebook that she wanted to come over and visit. She never did though and she never called. Don't know what happened with her. Guess she probably ended up going down to Johnstown to visit her kids.
I watched the Casey Anthony trial this morning. They have Saturday sessions from 9 to 1 pm. They are into the forensics now and up to the part where they took samples from her car. There is no way that girl is going to get off.
I am still waiting for the fox pups. The parents were out here later this afternoon but no pups. They are walking behind the building when they leave now. I don't like that. Because they might never bring the pups this far. But I'm sure as the pups get older they will be running over here like all the rest did. I think maybe having that big dog on the other side of the bushes is scaring them from being in that area this year and also the house that is being built. Although I haven't been hearing any noise from that area lately.
It was another nice day but more cloudy. Might get some rain tomorrow.
Today would have been Chris's 62nd birthday. ( My sister who died of cancer in 2006)
I haven't heard a word from her son so I don't know if his girlfriend had the baby yet. I think it was supposed to be born around this time.
So that's all for the past two days! Take care everyone. Enjoy your Sunday.

June 3, 2011-Beautiful Weather

Yesterday it was a lot cooler and no humidity and it felt so good. And today it's starting out beautiful and sunny also. Only going to be about 69 degrees today. I wish it would stay this way all the time. Summers are so hot.
I called Monro Muffler yesterday to get an estimate for my exhaust pipe. They won't know until they check under my car if anything else needs replacing but it will cost around $89 for the pipe. So that hasn't changed much since I had it replaced six years ago, thank heavens. If I feel up to it I might take the car over there today. I don't like waiting though but I'll have to. Everyone is working so I don't want to bother someone to bring me home and take me back. If they get right at it, it might only take an hour.
So I don't yet know what the day will bring but I hope it's a good one!
Have a nice day everyone!

June 1, 2011-I Went Out Today-Very Humid

I waited till 1:00 then went over to Agway and Walmart. We had a thunderstorm this morning and it was very humid again today. I couldn't wait to get back home. I don't have air in my car. That broke years ago. It was noisy but at least it didn't get worse. I had the maintenance man look under my car this morning. He says I have a hole in the exhaust pipe near the manifold. Right where the clamp is. So I guess it's nothing I can put duct tape on..LOL I had that pipe replaced six years ago. It cost me $89 back then so it's probably double that now days. But I hope not. I'm going to call Monro Muffler tomorrow. I would go to Cole Muffler but for some reason I don't trust them now. After reading online in the Topix forums. Seems a lot of people get told they need Power Steering fluid replaced. That's what they told me last year and I let them do it. So now I'm thinking they ripped me off that 50 bucks.
The day turned out pretty nice and the humidity dispersed by late afternoon. Was a bit breezy today also.
Not sure why I'm not seeing the foxes much in the evenings but I'm thinking that some of the tenants are sitting outside upstairs and scaring the foxes. So they are waiting till after dark. Those darn skunks are out there every night though. One stunk up the area last night. Every time that happens I hear about it. They always blame me for it..LOL Skunks have been roaming the streets for years and smelling up the towns. But of course I do have left over nuts and seeds out there and when more than one skunk comes they fight over it. Sometimes I will hear them fighting. Not really fighting but yelling at each other. I will open the window up and yell at them. They are right under my window and I could even touch them. That's how close they are sometimes. So it is bad when they spray. It doesn't bother me but the lady upstairs complains..

Oh! I got Jasper to eat some shrimp today! If she likes it and will eat that I will give her some every day. I had some frozen in the fridge so decided to try it. I was very happy that she ate it all. She still wanted out of the tub though later so I let her wander around. She was wandering around at 5 am this morning. She slept under my bed . So I've been awake ever since.
Guess I better go to bed. I drank my Chamomile tea. It helps relax me at night.
My knee was killing me yesterday and this morning till I took the Ibuprofen. I feel it again tonight but I won't take any more till tomorrow. I still have to be careful.

My daughter, Ginny, called me this afternoon. She's still in TN. Says she's doing okay. But she never tells me the whole story anyway. I filled her in on everything that I knew about with the family. She said the boys are helping a farmer down the road and making a few bucks. That's good for them. They have some chickens now also. Dave is still out in MN. She still won't let me know where she's at so I can't send the boys anything. She said they always bring out the books I made for them. They love looking at the critters. And they still have all the DVD's I've sent them. At least Ginny has electricity! Ha! And still has the DVD player that heather gave her. Portable one. They don't have a TV. And she talks about hauling water. Heaven only knows how they are living. I'm glad she can call me now and then anyway. She turned 46 on May 18th. She doesn't celebrate birthdays though. Never makes the boys a cake she said. She says what they don't know they can't miss. I wonder how they will be when they get older. Eli will be 12 soon. Poor kids.
Okay. It's off to bed I go. Take care everyone.