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1. 1 day ago on Drabble

   In high school one of our choices for gym class was golf. I am NOT athletic at all so rather than hockey or whatever else was offered I took golf – after all I had played (poorly) miniature golf many times. We played golf in the gym using a small doll’s wig (Tammy size if anyone remembers her) on the floor instead. I was not good at it, but at least I did not have to deal my fear of heights or my trouble running (fat kid, fat adult) so it was relatively fun.

   Go ahead about 4 or 5 years and I am dating my husband. His family is going on a trip to a major upstate NY hotel and we went with them. Husband had golf lessons when he was younger as, according to his dad – “one cannot be a businessman without knowing how to play golf”. (Husband was never a businessman.) So with his classes in same and my playing of doll hair wig playing we went out on the 9 hole course (“No one who is serious about golf will play there so ‘we’ won’t bother them.”) to play a game using husband’s clubs.

   Did we do well? Ummm. we lost a hole somewhere, somehow and played 8 holes not 9. He hit the ball far, but curving in one direction or another. I hit the ball straight, but only a shortish distance. But we did have fun and have never again attempted to play golf.

2. 1 day ago on Lola

   Before Covid we went to Ikea weekly for dinner. Since June we have been again going for dinner. Also they have restarted their party events and we went to the one they had and just bought tickets for the Christmas party (buffet and live music).

   We never got lost in it even when we first started going or when they redid the layout. We do not need to walk the entire labyrinth as know where – more or less the departments and which cut across takes one where – though after dinner we will normally do same just for something to do.

   They have been having discounted dinners on Tuesday nights, so we have been going for same – had dinner there tonight.

   We take a walk around the store after – just follow the path and you will see everything, though we know where to cut across to which department by now.

   They actually have very nice stuff and even I – the queen of “we don’t need it” finds things to buy. I know that I mentioned on some comic online I read that I gave in about a month ago and bought a plush astronaut bear – I had been looking at them since long before Covid – for my bear collection. (Whenever I am the least interested in anything to buy, husband goes crazy pushing and convincing me for us to spend the money and buy it – and I am talking about items which could be as low as US$5 as I hate to spend money – though the bear was US$10. “Joe” has acclimated and gets along with the other “bears” in the house.)

3. 1 day ago on Lola

   We were in Costco and BJs both on the Sunday that Covid became a big thing here on LI, NY.

   There was NO TP, papertowels, etc in Costco. We did manage to get one package in the BJs up the road from Costco . The papergoods department in each of them were just about empty.

4. 1 day ago on Lola

   We used to go to one near us on Sundays for my HUSBAND to have something to do. And after same we would go to the nearby BJs and walk some more. Not much buying done. But have only been back to either less than 10 times since Covid hit and always because we needed something.

5. 1 day ago on JumpStart

   Ohhh, Lie Detector…. I had the game (though like most games it was hard to pay alone or with my sister who was too young to play it). But I can see the box with all inside floating across my parents’ basement after Hurricane Donna with most of my other toys as the basement flooded – enough so that my 7 year old self could not go in the basement due to concern I might drown in the deep water.

6. 1 day ago on Stone Soup

   Oh – forgot – I have a client who is an artist (no, he is not a want to be, he is a real gallery/museum level artist). His wife always handled their finances. She died. I am trying to get enough info to put together a late tax return (they get a refund so not a problem that it is late & I figure whatever income is left out IRS will fix). I have had the time to get in touch with one of their brokers, but not the second one so have to call him as soon as I can.

   And last night our reenactment unit had a board meeting online. One of the board members is very upset and wasted a lot of time complaining and saying he was going to quit (I thought he had already quit the group) and of course is sure that the group will fall apart without him – “Got along with out you before we met you, gonna get along without you now.” (1950s song adapted by me for this use.)

7. 1 day ago on Stone Soup

   Figured I would get back to the county form and get it done. Nooooo. Husband says we need to plug in our RV as battery is running down – this is at least an hour and a half process. When done, the correct lights are not going on so we play with the setup for a few hours – then took apart. Saturday he was in a panic as sure it is not working right and we played with it again. Finally today we plugged the RV in again with something he figured we did differently than usual – luckily it worked as it should have. Weekend gone between the two, especially since I call my 95 mom on Sunday early evening for an extended call.

   And last night (Monday) we had an online board meeting for our reenactment unit.

   Back to work today on the paperwork for the county – but instead we had to go out shopping for things we (he) needs and a quick food run.

   It is suppose to rain or maybe even snow on Thursday – hopefully I will finish th paperwork then. We will drive to the county tax offices and I will walk the papers in and get a receipt for same as one year they said it was not received when I mailed it in – luckily it had been done early enough for me to reprint all the papers and walk it in – over application plus copies of all 1099s etc, business income sources, business expenses, and medical expenses end up over 100 pages long. I am not sure how non-accountants deal with the form and paperwork.

8. 1 day ago on Stone Soup

   I have been trying to work for a month plus on paperwork I have to do for county so we can pay less in school taxes due our not having any children here and our income. I do this form annually. It is worse than ANY tax audit I have ever done with any tax department.

   I have been working on it on and off since I got the form from them. I have subsequently received two more forms to remind me, while the due date is end of December, I really like to get it done early.

   At the same time as I am working on this I had to do paperwork for Embroidery Guild chapter for 3 members to take a class from our national group which is being paid for by our region. I finally got it done and sent to the person at region. I had forwarded by chapter check the amount paid for the text by the 3 members. I got an email from the region treasurer – I need to send more money for the text. I go back and check – this is the amount of the checks they sent to us and I have forwarded all 3 to them. Turns out that there is a also a separate materials fee which the chapter agreed to pay – no one told me and I have must have missed that meeting. Plus I hear from the region education chair (someone new to this process this year) that I did not fill her form. So I then had to write a check, fill in the new form and with the new rules – mail the check to the region treasurer and the form to the education chair (used to send it all to the treasurer). And chapter pres is upset so I have to send her copies of all this!! That took to last Friday.

9. 1 day ago on Pluggers

   We spread the meds out over the day – partially because different rules apply as to when to take each med.

   In the am we take thyroid meds, and two bp meds each. We take a diabetes med with lunch. At dinner I take the same diabetes med again, husband takes same plus he may or may not take a different Diabetes med depending on what he is eating, At bed time he takes one of the bp meds from the morning again plus another bp med. Plus he takes a once a day insulin at night.

   Have 5 “day of the week” boxes. One each for am, one each for meals and one for him for his bed time meds. I reload the boxes every Saturday night.

   When we travel I have a different set of pill boxes. This setup has a removable section for each day and each day has 4 boxes to it. I put his am pills in the am sections. I put his lunch and dinner pills in the dinner section (they are going to be transferred to the small box he carries in his pocket together anyway). I put his evening pills in the evening section. I put all of my pills in the lunch sections. I take out the pill box to match the next day the night before. We refill our pocket boxes for the next day. I then put day’s box on “his side” of the counter top (technically the covered over stove) of the small kitchen area of the RV. When we get up the next day I get dressed in bed while he gets dressed by the kitchen area (across the aisle from the toilet “compartment”). When he has taken his pills he puts the day’s box back on “my end” of the counter (aka the sink edge) for me to take. After I do I put the box for the day in the (only) drawer for us to refill our pocket boxes from at night and for him to take his night meds from.

   All works for us – maybe not for everyone.

10. 1 day ago on Pluggers

    I have heard it advertised on US TV? Why would they advertise it here if it not available?