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Post by karen54171 on Apr 20, 2024 11:40:15 GMT
Good morning.
COLD! That is all. (Lol)
Something happened to my settings on my laptop; I had to go in and print out yesterday's thread in order to chat about it. The ability to do a duplicate window then just change one of them to a current thread is gone. So here I go, I hope somehow it reverts back to normal soon.
Robin, that is a wonderful idea, about picking up my DS and her hubby!! I am, sometime this weekend, going to apply for the apartment I looked at yesterday. The property manager and I got on just famously; I know that does not matter in the long run, but with me being put through the wringer so far, it does with me. Anyway, the complex is way bigger than what I am used to, but I need to get used to that, and this new apartment is on the first floor. There are some updates that will be done before I move in. I will also be able to say when I want to move. (Shooting for May 24th-Memorial Day weekend).
Lol, did you buy a lottery ticket? If so, good luck!! I have never played Wordle.
What day do you and Marsha have the actual big dinner, with your company? I see Marsha is not coming back to work till Thursday, so it must be a long celebration.
Marsha, just going to say, since you won't be here till next Thursday, have a wonderful celebration, and I hope your guests love all your food.
Pinky, so is this Winter #4 we are now in??? My goodness, Mother Nature is SO fickle!! My heat is back on, for the chill during the night. That wind yesterday was horrendous!!! And I had to take 2 lunches out for recess, just stupid!
Your fingers crossed must have help a ton yesterday, thank you for doing that, lol!!!! They will be painting the whole place, once the current tenant moves out by May 1st, then a new ceiling fan will be put in, in the little dining area. Also, the window in the dining area needs to be replaced. Just odds and ends that need attention. But I am glad I know about them, as I can check on moving day that it was done. Out in the hall is a washer/dryer you have to pay for, which is ok with me, as I do not do much laundry, and the detached garage is free. The other place I would have had to pay $25 for covered parking.
How nice that you have today free to do whatever you want or need to get done. Take plenty of pictures tomorrow.
Gareth, I think I went to look at that apartment yesterday with it in my mind that I would take it, no matter what. I am so tired of all this! With us moving into an apartment from selling the house, we got used to such a different lifestyle, I am sure I can get used to this. I am so happy I did not have to move into GB or move to where I would be driving more.
Years ago, the phone company we were with advised us to switch our email address (at that time it was with them) to the upcoming greatest email address provider around, so we did. We have had the Gmail account for years. I also have a yahoo account, from back in the day when I was looking for a job. Nowadays you can do just about any kind of email address.
Carol, thank you. I can feel what that whole dilemma was putting me through, mind you I have a cold, but I feel like that weight has been lifted. The new apartment is not fancy like this one, but it serves the purpose. Who knows how long I will be here? I do have to pay utilities, but that is something I have control over. I think the square footage of it is around 700.
My DD loves her job, as being a one-on-one para was really wearing her down. She loves the school she works at, she knows everyone, so this is a perfect fit for her, till she retires. Thank you for asking.
That is so wonderful of you and your DH, about the dinner tonight. That friend I have, Tony, is into donating so much, I am hoping to get into things like that when I am settled. Will you have a big crowd turn up?
I remember the bombing, DH and I were glued to the TV, when not working. The saddest day in OK, I imagine.
Anngie, hello.
Tony wanted to do something together this weekend, but we couldn't settle on anything, with his church schedule and me wanting to focus tomorrow on packing and starting to clean, so he is coming over for a big lunch today. I am just making a one pan roasted chicken thighs, with carrots, onion, and potatoes. DH and I loved that meal, but I have not made it in a long time. I am trying to work around Tony's diabetes, as he had told me he does not eat sugar, bread, and some other things. I do have sugar free ice cream for him as a dessert. The living room is a bit of a mess, with a lot of boxes for packing, but I will just shove them aside.
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 20, 2024 13:14:45 GMT
Karen, I am glad I could add that suggestion to why this will be a good move for you. Is it a 1 bedroom? Sounds nice that you have a dining area. I am sure you will just get used to things in a new place. Good that parking is no charge. Am I right that you will end up on the same side of town as where your DD1 is moving to? It's hard for me to envision what it is really like in Green Bay, with the city itself, and the suburbs.
As far as the holiday goes, it starts Monday at sundown, but we are starting our seder earlier because of the little ones. I have it blocked off on the office calendar for leaving at 3, but I will probably leave a little earlier, because I think we will try to leave at 3:45 to get to my sister. She's on the other side of Manhattan, so hard to figure how long it will really take us. I think Marsha said she was going to her friends on Monday, and is having her Seder Tuesday. We are going to our cousin Tuesday, but will work. We don't have to be there until between 6 & 6:30. I hate that DH's family never would give an actual time, like be here at 6! I know from experience that if she says that, we might not sit down until 7. My sister was very specific, come at 5, we will sit down at 5:20, and whoever isn't here will sit down when they get there. We will try to do some kind of Seder, but who knows how the littles will do. Wednesday for those who are Orthodox would be a day that is a non-work day with a longer temple service. We don't observe that as such. The last 2 days of Passover, a week from Monday, then Tuesday, are the same. Tuesday they do the memorial service, so I sometimes go over to the Temple for that.
It's raining here now, we are getting more rain than I thought, so cutting up those wood flats will have to wait, because I don't want to do them when they are all wet. I have some food shopping to do, and laundry, what else is new. I will probably finish up my book The House of Doors this morning, and then may start After Annie, which is the new Anna Quindlen book. My book club picked West With Giraffes for our next read. It turns out that I bought it, or probably it was offered for free, back in 2021, but never read it. I know they talk about it a lot on Renee's Reading Club. That's a Facebook page where I get a lot of ideas.
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Post by gareth on Apr 20, 2024 15:36:55 GMT
Karen, will you be able to use some of your things after all that you were going to give away? How long will it take to get approved? Sorry about all the questions but wondering too if you'll be closer to work and both DDs. I think it's good to have a good relationship with the property manager when you're in need of something. Good too being on the ground floor! Your knees will appreciate it!
Not much time to chat. I've got to get ready for the memorial service of our DF who died a couple of months ago. DH wonders how many people even know about it with there never being an obituary. The whole thing is strange. They didn't have a church but had visited ours a few times and liked the pastor so the wife asked to have it our church. The head pastor along with both associate pastors are out of town this weekend for the wedding of one of the associate pastor's DD so the youth pastor is conducting the memorial who never met met or knew our DF or the family. At least DH is doing the eulogy so someone who knew him is at least speaking. I doubt there will be many there besides family. At his DB's visitation last year we were surprised how few people were there.
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Post by carol2 on Apr 20, 2024 17:59:21 GMT
It must be hard for ministers to do funerals for people they don't know. We went to one last year that our minister did for a man who died by suicide. He only knew his DD. He did a very good job. If there wasn't an obituary, did info about the memorial service just get out by word of mouth?
Karen, glad you like the apartment. Having your own garage sounds great and having the laundry close is nice, too. Have a good dinner with Tony.
The weatherman was right about today. We have had a thunderstorm. Right now it is gloomy with rain and cold. We had the heat on today for the first time in a couple of weeks. It should start warming again on Tuesday.
There is a soup kitchen here which serves meals during the week for the homeless and really, I think, for whoever shows up. On weekends they just offer sack lunches. Several from church volunteer there and decided we should serve them a weekend dinner. And we will be serving them rather than the people having to go through a line like at a cafeteria.
DH found a copy of The Boys in the Boat last night at the library book sale. I read it and liked it. We found a few books for DGS including a Pete the Cat which he loves and a Curious George which I like even though the Man in the Yellow Hat is to blame for a lot of the things George gets in trouble for.
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Post by Anngie on Apr 20, 2024 19:10:56 GMT
Karen, hope you’re enjoying your lunch with Tony! He seems like an all around nice guy. This new apartment sounds like it will be good fit. Your knees will thank you for being on the ground floor! I don’t think the laundry situation is a deal breaker at all. Are there plenty of washers and dryers? And the garage is free, which in your area (like here) you certainly need. Also, in a larger complex, who knows who you could meet! You never know! Glad to hear DD likes her new job.
Gareth, I lost track of when DH was to do the eulogy. I’m sure it will be just perfect!
Carol, I have The Boys in the Boat but haven’t read it. Just a couple of months ago we saw the movie and I really liked it. Very interesting. Now, though, since I’ve seen the movie I might not read the book. There are always more details in the book, but watching the movie first somewhat spoils the book for me. It must be very hard for ministers to do funerals not even knowing the person. But I’ve been to a couple like that and they really do a nice job - they must take good notes when talking to family!
Robin, Happy Passover! Sounds like you have some nice plans with family this week. I know what you mean, I wish that more would give a time to arrive instead of leaving us guessing. I think it’s a good idea to eat soon after everyone arrives. Do you think there might be late arrivals? Fashionably late isn’t a “thing” anymore, is it. I’ve heard West with Giraffes is good.
Marsha, Happy Passover to you as well! You also have some fun get togethers this week. Enjoy your time off!
Pinky, Hi!
I’ve been helping the church with their bargain sale this week. Yesterday afternoon was the actual sale and then again this morning. People are so funny to watch at these things. They all leave saying “see you in October” which is when we have it again. It’s a lot of work, though. Thankfully, we have someone that will come and take everything that wasn’t sold. So, every sale there is “new” merchandise - so to speak!
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Post by carol2 on Apr 20, 2024 21:28:40 GMT
I love church sales. They usually have a lot of things and the prices are reasonable. Our church used to have one but it got where people didn't volunteer to help especially with the pricing. This was when I was still working so it was hard for me to help, but we saved all our donations for our sales. Anngie, finding someone to take away the unsold things is a good idea. I think our church would load everything up and take it to one of the local thrift stores.
Still raining. It's really not all that cold, 53 right now. It's just such a difference from earlier this week when it was in the 80s.
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Post by karen54171 on Apr 21, 2024 11:51:40 GMT
Good morning.
31, with a beautiful sky. High of 58.
Let's see if this works; I had to take a picture of each post, to reply. I have no clue how to get my tabs back.
Robin, yes, the new apartment, which I will be applying for today, is a 1 bedroom. I am excited with that little dining area, to decide what I want to use that for, since I am giving my little table and 2 chairs to DD1.
DD1 is moving from the west side to the east side. She will be the lone wolf in the family, by living across the river. I will be a bit closer to DD2, and of course DS. I had said when I decided to move that I would not go back into the city of GB, so I am glad I was able to keep that statement.
How is your DH feeling these days? Did he ever hear the results of the scan?
Gareth, yes, I will be taking all of what I can fit into the apartment with me. I am hoping for 3 living room chairs, some living room decor that stands on the floor, which right now are around the fireplace. Also, my bedroom set, and everything from the main bathroom. I gave everything that is in the guest bathroom to DD1 who will have 2 bathrooms when they move May 3. She was tickled to get all that. No clue as to when I will hear about approval of the apartment. I won't be closer to DD1. But that does not bother me, what with DH and I living almost 20 years approx. 20 miles north.
I could have looked at an upper but decided to get back on the ground floor.
I am so curious as to what kind of turnout they had for the funeral service yesterday! I am sure your DH did excellent with the eulogy. Did they have anything after the service, like a luncheon?
Carol, having a minister that does not know the deceased is what happened to me for DH. The man that we knew somewhat was sick in the hospital with covid at the time, so DH best friend got me in touch with the guy that did it, and I sure wished during the service that I had the other guy!! It was not to my liking. It seemed like he was goading me to break down and cry, and I refused to.
I am tickled to have a garage. It will help with storage, as the closets in the apartment are a bit small.
About soup kitchens, I have no clue as to what our city has available. I do know that for holiday's most churches do a feed the needy kind of thing. Some might have gone by the wayside since Covid, but there are some choices.
Anngie, Tony and I had such a great time! He loved the sheet pan meal I made. He ate every scrap! We talked and talked and talked, and soon he was here for 6 hours!!! By then my cough was getting bad, so I was happy when he left, I really needed to get to bed! I did not have a fever, which was good as all of a sudden, I was shaking so bad! I was a happy camper once I crawled into bed, with my kindle. We will touch base later this week, to see when we can get together again, and he knows this time it is on him, lol!!
I noticed there was just 1 set of a washer and dryer close to my apartment, so I do not know if there is one by every entrance to the building. (It is a long, big building, not like here). Yes, the property manager and I hit it off right away, she seems to be a bit close to my age, maybe around 60. She made it sound like she would be doing most of the updates on the apartment; I almost asked her if she needed help, LOL!!!
What are your plans for today? Anything?
I think I have covered all the posts....I hope so! I did screen shots of everyone's posts. I played around with my computer setting for a while before I came on here, to see what the heck happened to my tab's settings, just cannot find them.
I have a massive headache, will go take a Tylenol in a few minutes. Don't know if it is from the cold or from the wine I drank yesterday. But we were done drinking by around 4 pm.
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 21, 2024 13:27:51 GMT
Gareth, I hope the memorial service went well. I say this all the time when people don't want to belong to a temple any more, then don't know where to find a rabbi for a funeral. Even when it was DBIL's funeral last year, all he did was talk to DBIL's not wife beforehand, and certain things were said in an order that was just inappropriate in my mind. He called her his wife, and I am sure they never got married, and her sister, he was calling his sister-in-law. DH was down on the list. Thank you for your Passover post on Facebook.
Carol, there was a book store here that was having a $20 a bag sale, to clear out old titles, but it wasn't really convenient enough for me to want to go there. Funny was that is was for any size bag, and I have these huge canvas bags we go when we bought certain things at Jets games. I loved the book Boys in the Boat, but now you also reminded me that maybe I should watch the movie with DH. I think he would like it.
Anngie, I am sure there is a lot more information in the book of Boys in the Boat than there was in the movie, but I think knowing how it ends will take something away from reading. It's a long book, but I really felt a great one. There was a part of 2 that I was happy to skim over, but overall it was wonderful. Thank you for your Passover wishes. I had a pop-up on Facebook this morning, a "memory", which was a family picture from 5 years ago. We always did something when we were at my aunt's house, where we took a picture every year. My have those 5 years flown by.
Karen, glad you had such a good time with Tony yesterday. Can you not fit your couch into the new place either? Maybe DD1 doesn't really want that small table any more seeing as she is moving. I know you probably don't want to spend money on a replacement, but maybe you will find one in your thrift store. Are you going to be saving money on the 1 bedroom over the 2 you are in now, or have rents gone up a lot? I can never tell, the news reports say they are down, then up again, now coming down again.
Today it got cooler, we were at 42 first thing, and it's going to only get up to 54, which is fine, I have nothing really to go out for unless I decide to go look for something new to wear for the holiday. Of course that's besides dog walking. I always used to get something new for every holiday, but not sure where I might want to go. I also have to make up the bed in DS1's old room, and straighten up DS2's room that has the crib in it, because DS2 said that next weekend he and Leo will come out and stay over because DDIL has some kind of bachelorette thing next weekend in the city, and this gets Leo out of her hair. It seems like these girls are not doing as much out of town bachelorettes. Plane ticket prices have gotten much higher, and some of them are having their weddings out of town, so they have to fly to the weddings. She was one of the first to get married, now it seems like a lot of her friends are getting married now. Yesterday I started reading After Annie, by Anna Quindlen, what an emotional book! It's not for everyone.
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Post by gareth on Apr 21, 2024 14:11:02 GMT
DH and I agreed it was the strangest memorial we've been to. We didn't expect many people but there were even less than we thought. Only around 30 people and not many relatives even came. Two came in halfway through the service and two more just as it was ending which we thought was disrespectful coming in late. The pastor for not knowing Mark did a good job but DH really personalized it with his eulogy. He gave such a nice eulogy. There were no flowers and usually there will be a big picture of the deceased on the altar if there's no casket but there wasn't one. There was a lot of food leftover after the luncheon. Maybe that was why the pieces of cake were cut in big pieces(I ate every crumb!)That cake was good compared to the plain ham on a dry bun and chips. Except for coffee and punch that was all there was.
I had to laugh at my FB memories this morning after the talk about remodeling bathrooms. It was two years ago today that ours was done.
Only 29Âş when I got up. Finally warming up again now.
Karen, can one of your DGC help with your computer or google it? Have you tried just having two browsers open instead? Have you tested for Covid? I'm hearing of a lot of cases lately so don't brush it off. Doesn't hurt to test.
Robin, I was just debating yesterday about After Annie. Curious why it's not for everyone. Just because it's emotional?
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 21, 2024 15:45:19 GMT
Gareth, seeing as it says it in the first sentence in the Amazon review, I am not going to say it's a spoiler, but in the first chapter Annie, who is a young mother, dies of an aneurysm. A lot of times someone struggling with grief doesn't want to read something like this. Sad that the memorial was so poorly attended, but glad the pastor did a good job. Isn't that the way we always are with a piece of cake, just a little bit more, then a little bit more.
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Post by carol2 on Apr 21, 2024 17:14:15 GMT
What bothers when the minister doesn't know the person is when he doesn't pronounce names right or gets facts mixed up. Even if you don't know the person, I feel like the minister should take the time to learn to say names right or whatever. That may just be me.
Our dinner for the homeless went well. There weren't as many people as we hoped for. I think the cold and wet weather had something to do with that. We had a couple of buses to pick people up, but some probably didn't want to walk in the rain to get to the pick-up spot. Anyway, there were plenty of people from church to help and plenty of food so the people were able to take leftovers with them. We also had a small band from a local college play and everyone enjoyed that. It was a learning experience. If we do it again we will know what to do and what not to do.
Karen, your apartment sounds nice. I hope all works out. I imagine your DD is excited about moving, too.
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Post by RobinS811 on Apr 21, 2024 18:19:06 GMT
Carol, that was so nice of you to serve that meal. I am sure that all who attended really appreciated it. As far as pronouncing the names right, I am sure that I have mentioned that I know the judge who presided over the Trump fraud trial. Every single newscaster was pronouncing his name wrong, and it drove me nuts. How could they not find out how to pronounce his name?
I made the mandelbread, I of course had to taste it, and although I am not really used to having it with chocolate chips, it tastes great, and it definitely does not taste like a Passover recipe. I hope DH likes them. I used up almost all of the cake meal I bought, and this holidays we go through eggs like you wouldn't believe, so I went out to get more. I was just thinking about how much it would cost me if I was making the Seder for my normal crowd, prices are all up so much! Egg prices are up again. When I am buying eggs for us to just eat, not for baking, I buy cage free, and ironically they are not up, but plain eggs, which I use for baking, are way up. Usually Passover and Easter are at the same time, so eggs are on sale, for coloring and for Passover, but now they are not on sale.
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Post by Anngie on Apr 21, 2024 19:53:41 GMT
Karen, re your missing tabs - did you shut your computer down and off completely and then restart it? Whenever we have glitches like that that’s what we do and it almost always takes care of the problem. If you try it, leave it all off for 2-3 minutes before you start it back up. Or, you may have to completely get off this board and then get back on. No, nothing going on at all this weekend. I just have a book I want to finish. Glad you had a nice time with Tony - nice that he’s generous and plans to pick up the tab next time!
Robin, yes, knowing the story - even minus details - for me, anyway, would take away from the book. That’s the dilemma now since we got Netflix! I now have access to more books made into movies - so I can watch them and skip the book or read it anyway. But then there are so many books I could be reading. I think DH would enjoy The Boys in the Boat. The book is under 400 pages and I didn’t know there was a part 2. Your mandelbread sounds good to me! There was an explanation of Seder on Sunday Morning today. I learned a little more about it and now I can pronounce it correctly too.
Gareth, thank goodness for DH doing the eulogy! Maybe that’s the downside to having a memorial awhile after the person passes - people loose track of it and don’t make an effort. Not an excuse for the relatives, though. Nice that the pastor took the time to gather information and give a nice memorial.
Funny thing about these bathroom redos! When we picked out the toilet we went with the higher 17” instead of the standard 15”! Everyone told us we would like it better, and they were right! lol. Now, friends of ours went higher with the 19” and will return it - her feet don’t touch the floor!!! OMG too funny.
Carol, I agree, a clergy person should take the time to get some facts together - and pronounce the name(s) correctly. Nice that you helped put at the dinner.
On Sunday Morning (CBS) today they interviewed the author of Covenant of Water. Very interesting person. He said Oprah Winfrey told him she wants to make a movie from it. I better read it soon although the movie isn’t actually in the works yet.
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