Beauty

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@geezerette 

Just had my tax appointment and mentioned the house fire and the pandemic... so, what's next?

Parasites?

As it turns out, that puppy went to the vet and got its shots and was examined for fleas.  No fleas.  Well, that's a relief.

But the receptionist at the tax place chirped: "I think it will be tornadoes!"

Just heard there was a tornado in Jonesboro and it's moving through the Heartland.  Hope it's not in your neck of the woods.

Oh, wait.  I know what the next thing is after the pandemic.  Checks to state and federal, even higher than last year. 

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@just bee 

Close, but no cigar.  Thankfully.  I've been watching inane stuff on TV so I didn't even know it hit until I turned on the news to get the weather.  My weather radio was flashing all day, but I rarely pay attention to that unless a definite tornado is coming for me immediately.  It happens so often I'm immune. 

At least you made enough money to actually have to pay taxes.  I didn't.  Well, that's not exactly true.  It's just that the estimated taxes I did pay were too much so I won't have to pay them this year to the Feds.  I still have to pay the state.  How is that?  

I expect to make even less this year now.  Time to really start actively putting into practice some belt tightening.  I have plenty of principle, but I hate getting into that.  It might have to last a while.  Because as we've seen, who knows what will happen from now on?

I'm just glad I was indecisive enough not to have bought a new house.  I'd hate to be stuck paying for two places now and not have any idea when I could sell this one. I have Carla to thank for that.  If she were some small, manageable puppy I would have left already.  

Gee, I finally found something she's good for!😄

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@geezerette 

You love her!

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@just bee 

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@geezerette 

Just had my tax appointment and mentioned the house fire and the pandemic... so, what's next?

Parasites?

As it turns out, that puppy went to the vet and got its shots and was examined for fleas.  No fleas.  Well, that's a relief.

But the receptionist at the tax place chirped: "I think it will be tornadoes!"

Just heard there was a tornado in Jonesboro and it's moving through the Heartland.  Hope it's not in your neck of the woods.

Oh, wait.  I know what the next thing is after the pandemic.  Checks to state and federal, even higher than last year. 

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@just bee 

Close, but no cigar.  Thankfully.  I've been watching inane stuff on TV so I didn't even know it hit until I turned on the news to get the weather.  My weather radio was flashing all day, but I rarely pay attention to that unless a definite tornado is coming for me immediately.  It happens so often I'm immune. 

At least you made enough money to actually have to pay taxes.  I didn't.  Well, that's not exactly true.  It's just that the estimated taxes I did pay were too much so I won't have to pay them this year to the Feds.  I still have to pay the state.  How is that?  

I expect to make even less this year now.  Time to really start actively putting into practice some belt tightening.  I have plenty of principle, but I hate getting into that.  It might have to last a while.  Because as we've seen, who knows what will happen from now on?

I'm just glad I was indecisive enough not to have bought a new house.  I'd hate to be stuck paying for two places now and not have any idea when I could sell this one. I have Carla to thank for that.  If she were some small, manageable puppy I would have left already.  

Gee, I finally found something she's good for!😄

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@geezerette 

You love her!

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@just bee 

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@geezerette 

We all have a dark side...

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

@aprilskies 

Thank you for your kind wishes.❤️  I've been fighting the urge to be critical, which is my natural state.☺️  I know the situation wasn't as serious when he was exposed, but why did they have to go out anyway?  

But I'm seeing so many people that have been so judgmental of others for so long that are now continuing that and being totally unreasonable and unrealistic.  And being critical of the very people that they're now relying on for survival.  Yet they still don't see what they're doing.  So I'm trying to be a good girl.😇  (It's tough.😉)

I hope you and your parents are doing well.  I know it must be even more challenging for you now.  Please do remember to take time for yourself to decompress.  

I totally agree about being aware of all we have taken for granted.  I was raised by parents that endured many hardships, but I was fortunate enough to not have to go through any of those really tough times.  None of us have. 

Oddly, or perhaps not oddly, it just reinforces my opinion about having less but appreciating what I do have.  Finding out my basic priorities.  Not the dozens of things I've been told that should be important to me.  My choices.  

I might be wrong, but I think that having less in times like this would make it easier to deal with.  I don't really know why I feel this.  Having what I actually use and what I actually enjoy, instead of all the excess I seem to keep finding I still have.  

But that's just me.  I'm getting old. And I have a head full of pollen.🥴

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@geezerette 

It takes something like this to clear the cobwebs.  Keeping what's simple and useful and rejecting the superfluous.

Last night BH was sorting some things and found a framed photo from his brother.  He shredded the photo and started to toss the frame.

I lost all my family photos and boxes of frames and framed art.  I tried to talk him into saving the frame.  It actually matches the new cabinetry and since I don't have all my books to put on the shelves, it would be nice to have something there.

I almost had him convinced.  And then he dropped it in the trash.

Could have donated it...  Hard case, that BH.

[just bee]

@rnmom 

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@geezerette 

Just had my tax appointment and mentioned the house fire and the pandemic... so, what's next?

Parasites?

As it turns out, that puppy went to the vet and got its shots and was examined for fleas.  No fleas.  Well, that's a relief.

But the receptionist at the tax place chirped: "I think it will be tornadoes!"

Just heard there was a tornado in Jonesboro and it's moving through the Heartland.  Hope it's not in your neck of the woods.

Oh, wait.  I know what the next thing is after the pandemic.  Checks to state and federal, even higher than last year. 

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@just bee 

Close, but no cigar.  Thankfully.  I've been watching inane stuff on TV so I didn't even know it hit until I turned on the news to get the weather.  My weather radio was flashing all day, but I rarely pay attention to that unless a definite tornado is coming for me immediately.  It happens so often I'm immune. 

At least you made enough money to actually have to pay taxes.  I didn't.  Well, that's not exactly true.  It's just that the estimated taxes I did pay were too much so I won't have to pay them this year to the Feds.  I still have to pay the state.  How is that?  

I expect to make even less this year now.  Time to really start actively putting into practice some belt tightening.  I have plenty of principle, but I hate getting into that.  It might have to last a while.  Because as we've seen, who knows what will happen from now on?

I'm just glad I was indecisive enough not to have bought a new house.  I'd hate to be stuck paying for two places now and not have any idea when I could sell this one. I have Carla to thank for that.  If she were some small, manageable puppy I would have left already.  

Gee, I finally found something she's good for!😄

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@geezerette 

You love her!

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@just bee 

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@geezerette 

We all have a dark side...

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@just bee 

And some of us like to show it more than others...(no names🤣)

I was out trimming, or trying to, some bushes.  Carla has either a love or hate relationship with the pruning shears, I haven't quite figured out which yet.  Anyway, she "helps" with the trimming.  Thank goodness I don't live in an area where I care about what my bushes look like, is all I have to say.

G-d Almighty!  If she doesn't end up with major permanent tooth/jaw/mouth damage it will be a miracle.  She has so much fun though that I just stand back and laugh my head off.  And it's good exercise--she's out cold now.

I don't know about a burglar, but if I ever get attacked by a large bush, I'll be heartedly defended! 🤣

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

@aprilskies 

Thank you for your kind wishes.❤️  I've been fighting the urge to be critical, which is my natural state.☺️  I know the situation wasn't as serious when he was exposed, but why did they have to go out anyway?  

But I'm seeing so many people that have been so judgmental of others for so long that are now continuing that and being totally unreasonable and unrealistic.  And being critical of the very people that they're now relying on for survival.  Yet they still don't see what they're doing.  So I'm trying to be a good girl.😇  (It's tough.😉)

I hope you and your parents are doing well.  I know it must be even more challenging for you now.  Please do remember to take time for yourself to decompress.  

I totally agree about being aware of all we have taken for granted.  I was raised by parents that endured many hardships, but I was fortunate enough to not have to go through any of those really tough times.  None of us have. 

Oddly, or perhaps not oddly, it just reinforces my opinion about having less but appreciating what I do have.  Finding out my basic priorities.  Not the dozens of things I've been told that should be important to me.  My choices.  

I might be wrong, but I think that having less in times like this would make it easier to deal with.  I don't really know why I feel this.  Having what I actually use and what I actually enjoy, instead of all the excess I seem to keep finding I still have.  

But that's just me.  I'm getting old. And I have a head full of pollen.🥴

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@geezerette 

It takes something like this to clear the cobwebs.  Keeping what's simple and useful and rejecting the superfluous.

Last night BH was sorting some things and found a framed photo from his brother.  He shredded the photo and started to toss the frame.

I lost all my family photos and boxes of frames and framed art.  I tried to talk him into saving the frame.  It actually matches the new cabinetry and since I don't have all my books to put on the shelves, it would be nice to have something there.

I almost had him convinced.  And then he dropped it in the trash.

Could have donated it...  Hard case, that BH.

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@just bee 

True.

Well, that's my point.  It was his choice not to save either the picture or the frame.  Granted, it may have been nice if he had let you use the frame...

Perhaps all that emotional stuff brings up too many, well, emotions for him that he just doesn't want to deal with.  I tossed some stuff of OG's that was perfectly usable.  For my own personal reasons I just didn't want certain things of his to belong to or be used by anyone else, even if it was for a good cause.  I knew at the time that was illogical.  After all, it was only "stuff".  But emotionally I just couldn't do it.  I didn't feel that way about everything, but some things.

I honestly think it has something to do with me being men.  I know that in this day and age it's politically incorrect to say that men and women are different, but I still think they are.  I just don't think that men are as attached to stuff as women are.  Emotionally, that is.  Many like their toys--be they tools or boat or cars or hiking equipment.  But they're not emotionally attached.  Well, maybe some are to their old cars.  But as a whole, no.  Women, on the other hand, usually are emotionally attached to a lot of things.  

I honestly think this is a good thing.  But it can be frustrating.😫

Compromise.  Remember he's tolerating your idiosyncrasies too.😉

[geezerette]

[Squirrel Lover]

Friends, my husband just flew out from Texas and is home! Now he is quarantined for 14 days.

[aprilskies]

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@geezerette wrote:

@aprilskies 

Thank you for your kind wishes.❤️  I've been fighting the urge to be critical, which is my natural state.☺️  I know the situation wasn't as serious when he was exposed, but why did they have to go out anyway?  

But I'm seeing so many people that have been so judgmental of others for so long that are now continuing that and being totally unreasonable and unrealistic.  And being critical of the very people that they're now relying on for survival.  Yet they still don't see what they're doing.  So I'm trying to be a good girl.😇  (It's tough.😉)

I hope you and your parents are doing well.  I know it must be even more challenging for you now.  Please do remember to take time for yourself to decompress.  

I totally agree about being aware of all we have taken for granted.  I was raised by parents that endured many hardships, but I was fortunate enough to not have to go through any of those really tough times.  None of us have. 

Oddly, or perhaps not oddly, it just reinforces my opinion about having less but appreciating what I do have.  Finding out my basic priorities.  Not the dozens of things I've been told that should be important to me.  My choices.  

I might be wrong, but I think that having less in times like this would make it easier to deal with.  I don't really know why I feel this.  Having what I actually use and what I actually enjoy, instead of all the excess I seem to keep finding I still have.  

But that's just me.  I'm getting old. And I have a head full of pollen.🥴

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@geezerette, I think there has been so much misinformation out there and still continues to be that I dont think people know what to make of it. A lot of people are still out but the streets this morning were absolutely deserted. So while maybe not everyone is taking it seriously, a lot are. I like Costco's setup. Controlled amount of people in the store so you can social distance as best you can any way. Kind of hard when people come right on you. ShopRite, not sure why they are not implementing the same kind of practice.  But I dont blame anyone for getting it. I think everyone is doing the best they can. This isnt easy by any stretch. And for those not taking it seriously, well I dont know what to say for them. But I do blame the media and all the misinformation. 

I want to know why is it so hard not to touch your face? 

I totally agree about having less things. I think it gives you more strength and energy to deal with things as they come up. Last year, I was dealing with a lot of things with my folks, more than usual, I was exhausted and when I came home, mentally I became more exhausted.  I will say during this crisis I am having the same issues. I want less to deal with. So, this feeling is just too strong not to take it seriously. 

I agree, I want things around that are my choice and things I use.  I really think mentally it will make a difference. 

But in April, I will attempt a no buy aside from essential things. I have to break this need to shop. And it is a need and it doesnt matter the category. 

Stay safe and keep pruning those bushes. 

[aprilskies]

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@Squirrel Lover wrote:

Friends, my husband just flew out from Texas and is home! Now he is quarantined for 14 days.

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@Squirrel Lover, that is great news. Glad he is back safe.  I am so happy for you both.