booklovers! whatcha reading weekend~ 10/19-10/20

Good morning.
Typical fall day today, with rain holding off till evening. Tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful.

Robin, you are lucky, as your prediction for a wet winter means mostly rain, where they say wet for us, we know it is snow. 
Robin, your thinking, of my DB situation with his finances is exactly what I have been saying and saying, to my DH and my DS!!! They keep saying he should sell his house, live off that, and save his investments. First, we all know he will not get next to nothing, maybe nothing from his house, plus my sister brought up a good point yesterday, the possibility that our real estate agent, once he sees the house, might have to call the city, as it might be required to condemn it!! And how do we deal with this whole cluster of his house, with him, we sure do not want to hurt his feelings. Every night I lay in bed looking at places to live, on my kindle and worry so much about him. We just went thru this with DH brother, 3 years ago. It is a fine line we walk, when siblings are sick, and do not have a spouse.
Have your son and his DW said how many kids they want? I think that is so wonderful, that you are getting a girl into your family!! It will be so special to you. My grandson was here for the day yesterday, as middle/high schools had off, and I had so much fun with just him here. He was our first grand baby, plus the only male. I had 2 girls, so he is very dear to me.

Pinky, I was skeptical of what my DS had for news concerning DB, as I have been searching and searching, so I felt I kind of knew the market around town. But she had gone thru the senior agency, so I had some hope. Well that didn't work out, she told me just what I have been finding on the net. So we are basically at the same spot as before.
Great to hear your men folk are able to do the combining!! DH and I are always watching the corn fields that mostly surround us, and it finally looks like the green has gone, mostly. DH is antsy for the corn to be gone so he can see deer, lol. So maybe in a few weeks they will be doing that. Good for you, willing to help! You will be listening to your book, while you drive, right?

Marsha, when I was very strict about WW, I did not have pizza. (back then there was no 2 ingredient pizza recipes), and I did not miss it. But as the last few years went by, and pizza came back into my eating plan, there is no way I would give it up now. I like knowing I can still have it, on WW.
Speaking of Kwik Trip, we stopped in Weston, close to Wausau, when going to Minocqua, and they were having a grand opening of one of them. They had fried chicken tenders, which the ones around here do not have yet, so I bought 3 to take in the car. I shared them with DH, and really did not care for them. The breading was weird, and not any taste. It was something I would not get again, there. So I am not sure I would want to have their pizza.
Lol, I am most likely going to Kohl's today after lunch with DD, we have some coupons, and want to get a Ninja. I will be on the look out for you.
Sounds like you are caught between a rock and a hard place, with your mom. Good luck to you and her, trying to figure that out.

Carol, when you get the 80's back, with it being fall, will you still have the higher humidity, also? 
About your inlaws, that is what I said to my sister yesterday, that it will probably come down to having to eventually put DB in a nursing home. I truly feel this is not going to turn out the way we really hope it will. Which is sad, as I know he can afford to live in a nice place, and have everything taken care of. Why do us old people have to be so stubborn?
The only bad thing about moving to areas that the housing and such are cheaper, is, I think anyway, the salaries are lower too....aren't they? Like Robin said, rentals in NY is so much higher than here. Our nephew lives in NY, I don't know how he and his wife do it, but I bet their salaries are somewhat higher than here.

Gareth, that is funny, your comment about the wash!!! I was thinking the same thing yesterday. DH is getting a tad ridiculous about putting clothes in the laundry that "might" have gotten dirty, as he is positive he brushed up against the side of his jeep....really? Cutting down on our water usage has gotten to be my new obsession. (It hasn't been working too well.)
Looks like good walking weather here later this morning, am going to give it a try.

Still reading Remember Me? It is ok.
Have a nice Saturday.

Karen, I think you told me your nephew lives in Astoria. right? They can get more for their money there, and it is not as common to be in the doorman/elevator high rises. But you are right, I am sure they do earn more. As far as how many, I am sure they would love to have 2, but lets see how they can manage it financially. I know they want to give their kids the kind of life they had, but certain things are so far out of hand, it's crazy. Private colleges are already close to double what they were when my DS went. It's just nuts. 

It's possible that your DB can go into a rehab facility towards the end, or hospice. He can get I believe 100 days paid by Medicare. Is the land your DB's house on worth anything? I presume he has no mortgage. Maybe a flipper would buy it. Ask around before you get an agent. I don't want to say that I can't imagine how bad it is, but I actually can. We have heard some stories about homes that some older clients have lived in. With one the children brought in ServePro, and they guy knew a builder who would buy it, so they just sold it to him. He flipped it. 

Marsha, not sure if you will read this, but I read what you posted last night, my mother's biggest problem was the stairs, so she started to consider an apartment, but not assisted living, or even the ones they call independent living. Karen, the maintenance alone on what she would have bought was more than a comparable apartment in Green Bay would be, and the 2 bedroom apartments were selling for close to $800,000. There is a movie theater, restaurant, and some other things in the basement of the building. Marsha, maybe you can set up some of your mother's bills to pay online, and you can do that from home. 

Gareth, so sad about all those young people dying. I actually don't mind going to a funeral of an older person, it's interesting to hear about their life, however, not a younger person. 

Weather here is rather fall like, beautiful right now and sunny. I was out doing errands and shopping this morning. Lunch and laundry, and getting ready for another tailgate on Monday night. It was cold enough this morning that DH put on the heat, but we have already turned it off.