tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12529791758867179952024-03-13T12:15:08.335-04:00Adventures With Dear Miss Mermaid Child Of The PlanetAdventures in a Mini Motorhome RV by an eccentric traveler, her dog and a bicycle...DearMissMermaidDotComhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598961939363561237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-61259380312466290892019-11-18T14:22:00.002-05:002019-11-18T14:22:32.359-05:00Woke up alive!<br />
What a great start to a beautiful day.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving month to one and all.<br />
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Things one uses nearly everyday?<br />
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It's happening to me.<br />
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I suppose it's a sign to do housework.<br />
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Organize.<br />
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Find things.<br />
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Put things away where they belong.<br />
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Donate or dispose of things that bring no joy.<br />
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Paperwork brings no joy but I am sort of stuck with that I guess.<br />
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Hospital bills pile up monthly.<br />
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The money tree is not growing.<br />
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Please don't let them repossess me!<br />
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I want to live at home.<br />
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Well, in my attempt at organizing, this 5th wheel has no where to keep file folders.<br />
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UGH!<br />
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Finally I figured out a storage bench that fits along the outside wall of my dining area.<br />
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YAY!<br />
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It can double as a seat too, so YAY I can sit more than 2 at my dining table.<br />
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It's called an <a href="https://amzn.to/33txlsB" target="_blank">Otto & Ben 45" Storage Folding Ottomans Bench Foot Rest, Ruby Red.</a><br />
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It comes in 10 different colors. It fits in front of a sofa or at the end of a bed. Well built for price. I am impressed.<br />
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Now I can hide all my file folders!<br />
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YAY!<br />
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</div>DearMissMermaidDotComhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598961939363561237noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-61799725755896511792019-11-07T18:08:00.001-05:002019-11-07T18:08:07.300-05:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7 clicks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It takes 7 clicks to sign into blogger, each one with a weird delay. Are they afraid I will type too fast if I ever get in?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went to the managers drop-in midday Halloween party. It was loads of fun! I must admit we have the best manager ever. She is new here. In a few short months she has done more for this place than I had seen in 2 years of living here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First on her agenda was to improve the maintenance and looks. Gardening was tackled, roads repaved, new yellow road paint added. Numbers have been painted in front of our lots. We've needed that for decades. Now EMS and the delivery boys can find us! The numbering here seems a bit chaotic. I've seen new UPS drivers make circles around here and I feel sorry for the driver. Now they might find it a wee bit easier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many people received letters from the manager with instructions to clean up their act. I received a letter that said my place was beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YAY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A dear friend brought me chicken noodle soup, enough for several meals. It was delicious. I feel better already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night I went to the potluck. I made a Mexican casserole. Man tried it and liked it. It was made with black bean chili and corn tortillas all stacked up layered in a crockpot. The corn tortillas soaked up the chili sauce and flavors. It was indeed very tasty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some new folks were at the potluck and I tried to introduce myself to be neighborly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly one lot near me with a trailer and sunroom sold. The lady spent months remodeling it to look new inside and out. Then she still wasn't happy with it so she sold it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life is goof. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never even knew it was up for sale. Lately lots have been selling quickly here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One lady has come by my lot a few times to let me know if I ever want to sell she will buy it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am lucky because my lot affords unique privacy. Since I enjo the outdoors, this is very handy indeed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I actually have more outdoor furniture than I have indoors. This is Florida so I get to enjoy it most of the year. YAY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of my outdoors has been furnished with hand-me-downs and dumpster diving. It's all used so it blends right in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I am off to straighten this place up. Since I been sick, the housekeeping has slid into a gigantic mess. UGH. Not the way I like things.</span><br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2WTe6Gn" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazon sells loads of organizers.I am getting lots of interesting ideas there. </span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Girlfriends and wives should come with written instructions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The problem with that is the men would have to read them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now that Halloween is over, I voted these kids (below) as having the best costumes. (I think some parental help was involved.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the other hand... hearing a rumor that a substitute teacher was taking over the music class while the other teacher took off to have a baby, the eager parent sent her kids to music class dressed like this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Think old and you'll feel old. Think young and grow into a delusional old fart...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most of my friends think I am a good egg... even if I am a little cracked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am finally old enough to have my act together and now my body decides to fall apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, dear Lord, I put this body to heavy duty use. You only gave me one and believe me, I've sure used it heavily for work and play. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I <a href="https://www.petition2congress.com/ctas/end-daylight-savings-time" target="_blank">signed a petition to STOP this silly time change system.</a> The whole thing stinks of a hoax. I have NO idea why this ridiculous time change is necessary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It wastes time and money. I'd rather be shopping<a href="https://amzn.to/2qvVTT6" target="_blank"> coupons at Amazon. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day I had to walk to the office here. I guess I looked downright scary. The manager insisted on giving me a ride home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sigh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will get stronger. I have use of my neighbor's carport while he is gone for 6 months. It's across the street. Would you believe I get tired walking over there to get in it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sheesh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dog loves having me as captive audience on the sofa recliner. He loves fighting me for my pillows and blanket. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other times he is stuffing the couch with a mountain of toys for me to toss. He brings them all back too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He got mad at Ronda (the robot vacuum cleaner). She was sucking along approaching his toys and he ran over to snap at her a warning bite bark. I hid all his toys behind the table beyond Ronda's reach but where puppy dog can get to them to guard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Silly mutt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I did say this is an over 55 singles RV park. We have spots for rent and for sale. So if you are living the singles lifestyle, you might enjoy living here at<a href="http://florilow.com/" target="_blank"> Florilow Oaks. </a>The website isn't the greatest and new lots come up for sale often, many with improvements already located on them. Some have park models or trailers. Most all have storage buildings. Some are paved some are grassy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mine is mostly paved with huge oak and cedar trees providing me lots of shade. Matter of fact the park is a tree hugger. We have plenty of big trees!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are tons of activities here but no pool. However, I now own an <a href="https://amzn.to/2C8vkWK" target="_blank">inflatable jacuzzi</a> under a gazebo that has curtains. The spa really takes away my pain. I am thrilled! They sell for $340 and up. Well worth every penny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't use mine for super hot, I maintain the temp at bathtub temp so I can soak in it for 30-60 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heaven on earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel better already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will round up some pics and post them here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This is the <a href="https://amzn.to/36pavVb" target="_blank">gazebo in a box</a>. I chose it because it was round and came with privacy curtains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first hour takes one person assembly, the second hour takes three people to finish. It's is 11.5 feet in diameter. I love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The curtains enclose it completely with velcro tabs to keep them shut. That is a <a href="https://amzn.to/34qcWEU" target="_blank">self draining patio mat</a> that is 9x12. The new jacuzzi will go in there when it arrives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing will grow in m yard due to the trees, but I have a potted garden that is spreading out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for stopping by!</span><br />
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(And Other Tall Tales And Loose Lies
From The Coconut Telegraph)</a>
</div>DearMissMermaidDotComhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598961939363561237noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-34827004287792663872019-10-28T19:29:00.001-04:002019-10-28T19:29:56.392-04:00Goblin Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope I don't look how I feel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I walked to my friend's home. It's the longest walk I have had unaided in over a month. Also, I wasn't tethered or plugged in to any medical equipment. I felt super triumphant.Luckily she has two identical coral colored sofa's. Matter of fact we found them together one day while out shopping thrift stores. They looked brand new. I pushed her to buy them because I thought they would be stunning in her sun room. She was toying with the idea of two identical sofa's because she likes to lay down so much and it would give her friends a place to sit across from her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We measured and went back to her home. The measurements worked so she bought them the next day. I am saying all this because it's handy. Today I was so pooped from walking that far, I could lay down on her extra sofa. Since the two massive comfy sofas face each other, we could visit quite nicely. Matter of fact she laid down on her sofa, so we were across from each other laying down chatting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life is goof. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly I have not been on my bicycle in weeks! I miss it too. Recently I had a dream I was on my bicycle and shifting gears to go faster and faster. I woke up right away with the pleasant dream memory giving me a smile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our new manager at the RV park is hosting a Halloween party mid day Thursday, so I might go and rummage around for dark chocolate. I heard they are bobbing for caramel apples but my teeth are not up to the task. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snowbirds are showing up daily, filling the empty spots. We're a singles community so you can imagine there is always curiosity when new folks arrive. Some of course are repeaters and others are new visitors. Some own their lots here but only use them in the winter. Many brings pets. </span><br />
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A starving goblin turned up at my door late one night so I made him a grilled monster-ella sandwich.<br />
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I'm always fixing things. This year I am mending my broken jack-o-lantern with a pumpkin patch.<br />
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I warned my dog not to bite the ghost but he ignored me. Not only did he bite the ghost but it scared the ghost too! Now my pooch has a mouth full of stinky sheet.<br />
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A witch stopped by for a visit and handed me her broom for valet parking.I stuck it in the broom closet.<br />
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Then a drunk ghost came stumbling across my lot. He said he was sorry he was drunk but he had too much boos.<br />
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Not much I could do to help the stressed out mummie. He just didn't want to unwind.<br />
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The new vampire bumped into the skeleton. Looking him up and down for a vein he finally said "You suck!"<br />
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A new movie studio is being built nearby. They are going to only make scary movies brought to you by Howlywood.<br />
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This year they are locking up the ghosts unless they have their haunting license.<br />
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We've been learning a new howl-arious game. It's called Hide and Ghost Seek.<br />
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I heard Bambi got crossed with a Ghost. Now they have a little Bamboo.<br />
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Once the new roller-ghoster goes up, we will have a new ride attraction.<br />
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I hope it doesn't rain on Halloween. It might dampen the spirits.<br />
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Tomorrow I will be attending a vampire wedding. They fell in love at first bite. <br />
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Happy Halloween! There is still time to order up <a href="https://amzn.to/2JpFC8S" target="_blank">hilarious costumes from Amazon with 1-2 day delivery. </a><br />
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Enjoy the giggle!<br />
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I am alive and kicking and almost screaming. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I seem to have the endless flu or cold or something gawdawful.<br />
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Some sweet soul left 2 pears at my gate on the little table out there. I don't know WHO, but thank YOU!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for all the emails asking me if I am OK. I have been super sick and it's not been a whole lot of fun. I haven't felt like sitting upright long enough to type.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sofa has a recliner on both ends. I am using one end as a hospital bed substitution. It came with the 5th wheel RV. It's leather the color of mushroom. I have to say it is super comfy, I just wish it were ultra suede. The leather gets c-c-c-c-cold. But I've been tethered to medical equipment and the couch makes it easier to deal with and easier on me resting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The TV seems to work as my napper. I turn it on and soon I am so bored I doze right off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a round about way I found out blood wipes right off the leather, so that works for being handier than ultra suede I guess. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mostly I am cuddling up with a cheap semi-down pillow and a super soft cotton blankie. I dream of comfort foods and a better down pillow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night I crawled into my bed for an hour or two. Oh man, I miss my bed! But my body could only do the hour or two, so I had to sadly move back to the couch.First I dragged the tethers up there, then back down again. All in my sleep cause I had to get up and visit the water closet. I keep drinking mountains of water to process the bad germs to flee my body one way or another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago when I was at the emergency room, I think I caught some sort of nasty bug there. I saw lots of people in scrubs doing computers and paperwork but nobody doing cleaning and sterilizing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am never using CVS Pharmacy again. When I left the hospital I had a prescription for pain pills and a sturdy antibiotic. Both I needed for the surgery on my head. It took CVS Pharmacy TWO and a half freaking days to fill my prescriptions. By then the extreme pain was making me entertain violent feelings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How can a pharmacy get so far behind it takes them 2.5 days to count out 22 pills?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is ridiculous!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe they were too busy loading computer tape cause my printout from CVS was nearly 4 feet long with complicated discount coupons on overpriced products. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of mega corporations...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that Walmart is online it's easy to compare with Amazon. I am amazed how many times Amazon beats out Walmart on prices. I've also had good luck with <a href="https://amzn.to/32ioYjj" target="_blank">Amazon coupons.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Recently I received gorgeous flowers for getting well. They are stunning. I am luckiest person in whole wide world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you EVERYONE for all your help and emails and paypal and being an Angel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am so blessed to be alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sounds like the cast of a triangle in a soap opera. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of soap operas... I recently finished up one named <a href="https://amzn.to/2mtqnmP" target="_blank">OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My neighbor watched most of the six seasons with me. On days I was feeling rough and stuck home resting, I would turn it on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's filmed in New Zealand so we learned new kiwi lingo. Like what it means to root somebody or saying "I'd be keen to do that".</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you're really keen, then you're heaps keen. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grab your togs, let's go swimming. I'd be heaps keen to get wet. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you're cold, forget the sweater, what you need is a jumper. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To be knackerd is to need a nap. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Spend more time at your bach and if you're lucky, yours is on or near the coast. A bach is a second home, a holiday place you own or rent annually.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You got that mate? Aye?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When your holiday money runs out you have bugger all. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kiwis would say where I live now is out in the wops. Which is to say the middle of nowhere. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you've run out of room for more luggage in your car then it's chocka. If ya crash your car or it breaks down, then it's munted. If you were drunk when it happened then you were munted too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If the repairs is pretty easy, then it's a piece of piss. But if you're having a party it's a piss-up. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want someone to mind their own business then you yell piss off. But if you're being unreasonable, then you're taking the piss.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you forgot your togs then you say "Aw, stink one".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will tell you more in the nek minute. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can tell I am having a mare day when I watch TV (mare is a difficult time).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Packing a sad, is having a tantrum!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chuck on our gumboots and let's walk through the cow farm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If it's choice then it's awesome or top shelf. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And if you think I'm a dag, then you think I'm funny!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Southerners say bullshit but kiwis say spinning a yarn. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Southerners keep their beer in a cooler but Kiwi's keep theirs in a chilly bin. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bowling round, means you're coming to visit. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Heaps means lots and Kiwis love this word heaps and heaps. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you thought that funny, then it was a crack up.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maori words are thrown in with the Kiwi slang such as pakaru (I like pakaru heaps) but pakaru describes heaps of my belongings in that pakaru means broken. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If he spat his dummy, then he was angry in a childish way. That dummy is what we call a baby pacifier. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So if you want to learn heaps more then watch <a href="https://amzn.to/2mwF3BG" target="_blank">Outrageous Fortune</a> for free with <a href="https://amzn.to/2l3rk4U" target="_blank">Amazon Prime. </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would say this is an adult soap opera. Not really suitable for children at all or else you will be explaining heaps. Each episode blends into the next one. Some leave you with shocking cliff hangers. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's well written, the characters are distinctly unique. It has some real dark comedy thrown in that kind of sneaks up on you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trivia... one actor plays two very different twins. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ironically Outrageous Fortune takes liberty borrowing liberally from Shakespeare. Even the title was snatched from the famous "To be or not to be" speech which states: "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of <b>outrageous fortune</b>, or to take arms against a sea of troubles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The youngest child Loretta is also used in photographs of her deceased grandmother. The air-head older sister sometimes refers to things vanishing just like the Bahamas Triangle which of course there is none, it's called the Bermuda triangle but it's funny they make this subtle air head reference more than once. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When they referred to one character's Mazda Bongo van, I thought it was a reference to his predilection to smoking weed, sometimes out of a bong. </span></span><br />
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I've been doing hoodoo and voodoo to stay away from the doctors and drugs.<br />
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Most don't want me anyhow since my insurance was cancelled.<br />
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I juggle all sorts of alternative treatments that can be done at home or nearby.<br />
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It's well worth the effort!<br />
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I'm alive and I feel alive.<br />
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There are times I feel sorry for others. I know man folks that are over-scheduled with medical appointments.<br />
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I get a slew of robot calls from medical facilities imploring me to have endless tests that I don't care to do. So I don't.<br />
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Sadly I have been in the hospital twice this year but hopefully I've seen their exit signs for the final time!<br />
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Home is where the heart is.<br />
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The less time I spend in or around medical facilities and drugs stores, the happier I am. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ER.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twice I've been in the hospital this year. Yuck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This time it was emergency surgery. More yuck yuck yuck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About a week earlier I woke up with a lump on the back of my head. Each day it slowly grew and became more painful until I was nearly insane with pain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Friday afternoon my close friend who was going to take me out for dinner, instead called my doctor who agreed to see me in about an hour. We drove over so he could take a look-see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To complicate matters, I have a rare disease for which there is no cure. It sometimes wreaks havoc with my life. There are occasions when for inexplicable reasons it produces painful cysts, boils, lumps or tumors.It also causes me to grow scar tissue in odd places which can be very problematic. Sometimes the same lump comes back repeatedly.I've had tumors where there were previously cysts and cysts where there were tumors. It's maddening!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My doctor had never dealt with this before. He has only seen me once since I came out of the hospital in January. At that time I was having a rough time finding a doctor to see me at all! I just wanted a medication renewed so I finally settled on him basically because the other practices were too busy to take me on. He's very young. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He examined my head then brought in another doctor. They decided I needed surgery immediately at the hospital. They scribbled out an address and 40 miles later I arrived at Bayfront Hospital which is near Weeki Wachee, <a href="https://amzn.to/2LPnuWu" target="_blank">home of the mermaids. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amazingly when I told the ER I was there because my doctor thought I needed emergency surgery, they took me in right away. A few hours later, I was on my way home again with a hole in my head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have big lump on back of my head. No idea what happened. Woke up a few days ago with a big painful lump.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It hurts something awful. I am taking old pain pills or what I call pucking fain pills. I am not a fan of pain pills but I do not do well with pain at all. I can be real nasty when I am in pain and that is enormously embarrassing. I am a laid back happy go lucky child of the planet when I am pain free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did a rainbow hit me in the head?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No idea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am just relieved that the big bad hurricane chose to leave my little slice of heaven intact. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Ronda... my vacuum cleaner robot was zipping around
while Harley was sitting on the kitchen stool. It has felt pads on it so
it doesn't scratch the parquet floor. Ronda bumped the stool and it
slid about an inch with Harley on top of it. He looked down at Ronda and
gave her a warning bark. </span></div>
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again. She reversed then took aim at him a third time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Now he was MAD. He hopped off his stool and tried to bite her! Not once but twice!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">However she is too big for his little mouth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I moved his stool up to the dining area which is a step up, so Ronda couldn't reach him anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It's tough being a little doggy trying to lord over all from his lofty bar stool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">For 18 months I have used a <a href="https://amzn.to/2Lgs5Sy" target="_blank">Roomba from iRobot</a>. I named her Ronda. I worship her. For 18 months she has faithfully vacuumed my RV every single day except for the 12 days I was in the hospital on life support. While I was in the hospital a friend moved into my RV to get it ready for me coming home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">My friends thought it funny that when they finally brought me home from the hospital and helped me inside I asked "Has anyone run Ronda today?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Ronda is an adaptive aid. If you know anyone struggling to remain independent, get them a Ronda. </span><br />
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Hurricane Dorian.<br />
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<li>Since 1950, only 3 Atlantic hurricanes have had max winds
stronger than Hurricane Dorian's current max winds of 180 mph: Allen
(1980): Max winds of 190 mph Gilbert (1988): Max winds of 185 mph Wilma
(2005): Max winds of 185 mph</li>
<li>"Only one hurricane has made
continental US landfall with winds this strong: The Labor Day Hurricane
of 1935 (185 mph max winds)."</li>
<li>"Only two hurricanes have made
continental US landfall with a lower pressure than Hurricane Dorian's
current pressure of 913 hPa. Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (892 hPa) and
Camille of 1969 (900 hPa)."</li>
<li>"Dorian now has the strongest winds
(180 mph) for a hurricane this far north (26.5°N) in the Atlantic east
of Florida on record."</li>
<li>"The strongest hurricane landfalls in the
Atlantic basin not in the continental US since 1985 are 180 mph
landfalls by Hurricane Irma in 2017 on Barbuda, St. Martin and the
British Virgin Islands. Unfortunately, it looks like Hurricane Dorian
may join that infamous list shortly."</li>
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Sorry I have not posted in awhile. I was sick and just overwhelmed trying to take care of me, the dog and this old RV.<br />
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I'm doing much better now, just weak and tired but very happy to be alive.<br />
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August has come and gone. I've survived man funerals of loved ones in August past. This year a loved one passed on during August but I wasn't able to make the service in New York so I just had to send my prayers.<br />
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On a funny note. below is a picture of a 5 year old on her first day of school. The left side is how she looked moments before being dropped off at school in her adorable uniform.<br />
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On the right is how she looked 5 hours later when her mom picked her up at school.<br />
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We've all had days like that.<br />
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I am so busy trying to hold this body together and patch up this old rig.<br />
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Harley sits at the bedroom window guarding the flowers below.<br />
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It's been so hot, I pulled the awning out over the window to give him some shade.<br />
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Life is goof.<br />
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Trying to be upbeat about the mess around here.<br />
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I know there is comedy in it somewhere!<br />
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I was so proud of myself. I fetched this patio mat out of the dumpster. No rips. No tears. Just a pile of dirt and wrinkles.<br />
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It's a 9x12 foot, self draining, doesn't mildew. These <a href="https://amzn.to/32Tz9v9" target="_blank">patio mats sell for $55 and up at Amazon.</a><br />
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So it seemed worth the while that I struggled for 10 minutes and almost fell inside the dumpster trying to drag this out again. Then I strapped it down on the back of my bicycle and brought it home.<br />
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While I was taking a picture of my latest dumpster diving find, I also snapped a pic of my plants.<br />
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Matter of fact, that black bar stool was also a dumpster find. I use it to hold the aloe plant that is overflowing it's pot. I need bigger pots and some potting soil. <br />
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Well, good thing I snapped this pic for the memories.<br />
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That night during a storm, a tree branch fell down and knocked every one of these plants over making a huge mess.<br />
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Life is goof.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then I saw a familiar Emergency Evacuation Route sign.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ah ha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That will lead me to a major highway in all likelihood. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or will it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gotta love the sense of humor in our highway department.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, I said wondering and not wandering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coleman is kind of a wonder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was the bull. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still standing there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still watching me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I wandered over closer to see what his fascination with watching me was all about. Luckily we have a fence between my lot and his field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's when I noticed he had his tail stuck in a tree.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ground beneath him was trampled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How long had he been tangled up there? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just last year or year before I watched this baby bull being born. Did he remember me? Was he staring at me for help or just out of boredom? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I came closer, he moved around as if to show me, I've tried this way and that way and I am still STUCK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But looking at his weight and mine and the fence that separated us already, I decided it was time to notify the farmer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is your neighbor. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your bull is stuck in a tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I didn't have their phone number. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About that time someone came over to visit me that lives in the RV park. I asked him if he knew the farmer's phone number and he did not. But he volunteered to go give them the news. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He took a picture with his phone then walked over to their house. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lady came to the door. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your bull is stuck in a tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She looked at my friend with confusion across her face, then stepped back, as if the crazy parade was coming by a wee bit too close for comfort. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's been there awhile and seems to need help.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we don't know how to help him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just thought you might want to know. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here I took a picture to show you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />One who collects rust<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />It's a beautiful day. <br /><br />A gorgeous crazy parade called life is going by faster than I can watch it all. <br /><br />I haven't written much lately. So much chaos in getting well and getting this old rig fixed... plus fixing up this old RV. Not sure which is falling apart faster, me or it!<br /><br />Life is goof.<br /><br />Of course I had help... in things falling apart!<br /><br />The RV park had a meltdown at my electric box and it fried my good air conditioner but left the not-so-good one OK and a few other things fried but still the cost adds up and thus far I've tried in vain to make repairs and well, nothing much is fixed yet. Week six of this mess! <br /><br />I am just oh so grateful the fiasco didn't burn me down while I slept. Luckily this all happened while I was home and awake, but still the costs of repairing my RV are up to me in spite of the problem being on their electric box. <br /><br />So I tell myself, make do with what you have and if you don't have, don't worry. Then I try to smile and just be grateful I am alive and able to sometimes poke jokes at the situation.<br /><br /><i>If I didn't have such a smoking hot body... I would be able to cool down easier!</i><br /><br />But there are always cold showers and that does the trick, though showers inside raise the humidity. The RV park here doesn't allow showering outside in my birthday suit. Oh well!<br /><br />Speaking of birthday suits...<br /><br />My curvaceous friend was married to a great guy but due to some rare problem, he began slowly losing his vision to the point he was nearly blind and wore super thick heavy glasses. During their marriage he had always complimented her on her choice in clothing that flattered her body. Very often she wore tight form fitting dresses that showed off her curves. As the years rolled by they stayed happily married and remained in the same house since he could easily get around it with his failing vision. <br /><br />One evening he was waiting for her to finish dressing so she could drive them out to dinner for their 52nd anniversary. Over the years, the curves had sort of reshaped themselves as often happens to women and gravity begins to take over at some point. But she was still a great looking lady, always dressed fashionably.<br /><br />On this evening, he found his way to the bedroom door to inquire if she was ready. She stood there in her birthday suit and announced "Hun, I'm just changing my clothes now."<br /><br />He shoved his thick glasses back up his nose (they were always sliding down) then remarked "You look great! Why change? That pantsuit is STUNNING!" Then he stepped closer, looked her over again and whispered "But darling... it could use a little ironing.</span><br />
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