Good Afternoon! That was some emergency, Claudia -- yikes! Sorry you were awakened at 1:00 a.m. and could not get back to sleep. Guess W wasn't thinking through things. I also guess the cat who went for a ride down the stairs was no worse for the trip. I remember when my ex and I moved to a two story house with our old dog, and she slid down the stairs -- not hurt, but very surprised. Hope you slept better last night and were able to take care of the check this morning.
Glad you were able to shop with Syd and didn't feel too bad, Barbara. Nice that the V's are there. I imagine the move and downsizing will be quite a chore. We moved very little furniture -- mostly lamps, etc., and the very bad mover broke many of those things we did move. I gave DD and the local Goodwill (near the house) lots of stuff, and I also gave away quite a bit on Freecycle.
A lady in my strong bones class is moving from a house to a small casita (about 550 square feet) one bedroom/one bath condo. Her settlement is early next month. Her current house was supposed to go on the market last week (or maybe the week before), but she found out that her Arizona room would not count in the square footage and make her house value lower. So, she is having workers make some changes. I am not sure that they will be able to make sufficient changes to qualify, but..... I know that our Arizona room does not count in the "official" square footage. I asked her how she would be able to reduce her possessions, and she said she has been working on this for quite a while (her husband died more than a year ago). When I said that I would need a smaller bed, she said she will need one.
All I can say is that I am glad I am not in that position, at least so far.
Strong bones went okay (I was the leader), and then we had coffee, and I came back for the holiday party and lunch at the senior center. They had special bingo games with small prizes (like cookies in a stocking), and I won one game. The lady who sat next to me on the trip last Friday came in and sat next to me today. That was nice. But, there was a couple at the table that were not such good company -- at least the husband was not. He kept saying the meat was tough (beef roast), etc., etc. I felt sorry for the volunteers since there were extra people who did not sign up, and they ran out of food despite cutting the meat in half, etc.
Nothing exciting planned for the rest of the day. I'll probably take a walk around the neighborhood. It is very cloudy and cooler here today, and they are predicting 90 percent chance for rain tomorrow.
We did have a totally beautiful sunrise this morning.
I heard from one of my friends who is back in town. She confirmed that it was Jo Ann's case that was mentioned in the local newspaper. She was lucky not to lose more money since she had been convinced to send another $15,000 or so after the first shipment of about $5,000. Fortunately, another friend found where it was located in the shipment process, and Fed Ex stopped it before he could get the money. Later, she found out that it isn't legal to ship cash through Fed Ex like that. While Jo Ann has some clear headed times, she really needs to be protected. So, I'm glad she plans to move to be near her sisters.
Hope both of you have a nice evening and sleep well.
Hugs,
Linda
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