Reflections of My Life

I think I mentioned we took down the netting around the blueberries?
Haven't noticed any wild turkey in them.

Ground under the apple trees is covered with apples of all sizes.
I notice a lot of doves flying to & fore.

The flowering crab apple has small red seeds? apples.
Noticed the blue jays are in them.
Waiting to see if other birds come to it.
 
katlupe said:
At times I really miss living close to nature. Then I have to remind myself why I am not there anymore. Now if I could have a little house that was just like this apartment and put it there it would be perfect. But it would make me need a car and that is an option I never want again. So I forget that little dream. I am getting to know the wild birds here. They are just different.
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It's important that we remember the impossibility of rural living at our age and in our condition. Here in my house life gets more difficult every day, and winter coming on. Ugh! Wish I was in your place! Oh, well --it's a challenge.
 
So much going on here in my building now. Not good stuff. I had a feeling when they started the "social club" with a president and vice president it was not going to be good. At first it was good........or seemed to be good. But they decided they were in charge when the manager was not here. They made rules the manager did not even know about.

They were cleaning the building instead of the maintenance man (who the past maintenance men had to do). Our new maintenance man spends hours at the picnic tables talking, smoking and being on his phone. Anyway there is no more "social club" now. No more tenants cleaning the building.

I am staying to myself. As much as I can. Though I am planning the coffee hour, which I named "Girl Talk". I know the lady across the hall will be there so if we are the only two, that is fine. Just do it every month and eventually others may start coming. I want it to be fun, not a complaint session. I hate to get myself locked into something I have to do at a certain time but I think this could do some good here.

I have been trying to remove most items from the top of my dressers and vanity. And windowsill. I want it to be clear and not look cluttered. If it can be. So much easier for me to clean if there is nothing on top. The one dresser has my television on it and that is not going anywhere. I like the television there because it is in the center of the room. Neither apartment on either side of me can hear it even if I turn it up.

Working on another blog post. I have trying to post new ones every few days. Need to get more photos for the subjects I am planning.
 
katlupe said:
Well I always put a good morning and good night on fakebook. Not tonight. Fakebook said I could not post because I was posting too much. Maybe I should just not post there at all.
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I know what I did. I was catching up on my friend's videos of her animal cams that she puts up every day and I was liking and commenting on those. Then another friend was in Paris and put up a bunch of pictures and I was liking those too. Too much activity I guess.
 
Started my day by getting a grocery delivery order in to Walmart. Scheduled it for 10-12. Now I am working on future blog posts. I am trying to write them from the perspective of someone who was living in the the country on a homestead and how I use those skills living in a city apartment. Sometimes I think I can't do something then I remember I used to do it this way before. Some things are just too different here compared to living in a house, any house really. Apartments are short on space. Also when they are built they do things cheaply. I am very careful to take care of things since I plan on living here till I die.

A big change for many people who lived in the country is living close to so many others. I was afraid I would have a problem with it but when I moved here the ladies who lived on my floor welcomed me warmly. They became my friends and sadly some of them are gone now. Change takes place every single day of our lives. Some good. Some not so good. Some bad. I had lived with little contact with others those last few years before moving here. So it was really a new experience for me.

Now I am trying to present a pleasant change for new people who move in here. I see certain people who do not accept or like anyone new. Reminds me of being the new kid in school. This is why I am starting the "Girl Talk" coffee hour next week. Even though we do not have any new women here this month but this will start building the core of a woman's group to welcome any in the future.
 
My grocery order came earlier than ten. The driver was stressed because Walmart said he had to get a pass code from me or could not leave my groceries. Luckily, I found it on my phone in the email. Never did that before. Maybe they have had a problem with leaving orders off at apartment buildings. It turned out okay.
 
Today I did half of my laundry, bedding and towels. I have started doing one load at time. Tomorrow or the next day I will do the rest. It is easier for me that way.

One thing I thought I would never see or smell again........a conifer bug (stink bug)!! I just saw one on the inside of the screen of my window! Luckily I have a new fly swatter with a long flexible handle. I opened the window and squished him but he didn't die. He squeezed out the bottom of the screen where he probably came in.

In Sept they start trying to get into houses and buildings to hibernate. If they see you looking at them they will start stinking! I had so many in my house because we were right in the woods that I would pick them up and put them in a jar with a lid. I filled it to the top. In winter if it got a little bit warm they would come out of hibernation and be all over the house. Yuck! I hated those things. Now to see one here...........really bums me out.
 
Before I got on the computer this morning I read 7 chapters of my new book, Warflower by Robert Stark. It is a biography of a guy I saw on YT. A true story of his life in the service, his family & his life in Alaska. I am not even done with my other book and I have two books in that series. It is Into The Wilderness by Sara Donati, which is fiction that takes place in early NY state. I have one other series that I started and have not finished yet so not buying anymore new books until I do.

Both of my returns through Amazon went through and both credit cards were credited with the total amount on each. Glad to see that! One was the new computer that I did not need after all. The other was the NuWave oven. I am quite happy with the used power head I got on eBay. No funny smells and works like a new one. The thing about NuWave ovens is that people bought them and then were not happy using them. I am glad they weren't. The parts are sold in many eBay stores and are practically new.

Today I will be doing the last load of laundry. I want it done today. I hate that I always get behind on it but for some reason I put it off.
 
katlupe said:
Well I always put a good morning and good night on fakebook. Not tonight. Fakebook said I could not post because I was posting too much. Maybe I should just not post there at all.
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What? That’s just not right. I post good mornings and good nights all the time. In fact, I post many photos and use Facebook many times a day. I did get a warning about a picture of dogs doing funny things. Don’t under stand that warning at all. 😠
 
Pappy said:
What? That’s just not right. I post good mornings and good nights all the time. In fact, I post many photos and use Facebook many times a day. I did get a warning about a picture of dogs doing funny things. Don’t under stand that warning at all. 😠
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I am taking a break in between posting or commenting. Now I put my good morning and coffeetime post up then watch 1 video my friend put up. Leave and come back an hour later. I need to post my new blog post almost every day now so do that. I thought maybe I should close my browser and open a new one but they didn't make a difference. I put up a lot of Free content for fakebook to treat me this way. Just makes me mad. I will learn to adjust to it so it works for me.
 
I just put a corned beef brisket in the IP for today's meals. Should make my apartment smell good.

I love my neighbor across the hall but he has difficulties keeping his apartment clean. I worry about getting roaches because he will have garbage on his floor. I may speak to the manager about it not to get him into any kind of trouble but maybe to find some kind of help for him. Sometimes I can smell that garbage smell. Yuk! Someone always leaves a box of food outside his door, usually on Fridays and he will leave it there for days. Most of it is fresh, like a cabbage, apples and onions among other things. He tells me he doesn't want it but I don't know who leaves it so I am not messing with it.

It is sunny and cool so far and I want to get outside today. Not while my IP is plugged in though.
 
As I said before, I do not want to live the nomad life in a van or an RV, I just enjoy watching those channels. Same with living off grid or in Alaska. I wanted to share this video from Glorious Life On Wheels. She asked these two ladies questions in this interview that is some of the same issues I have had in my life here.

Not sure if she mentioned what state they are in but here in NY, there is a lot of help for seniors with low income. I do not feel the way they do at all. In fact, when the cost of living raise came through it only raised my rent by ten dollars. I was feeling thankful watching this video that I do live where I do. I eat good and I have a nice place to live. I do know that others with higher incomes struggle more because they don't qualify for the extra help. I didn't when I lived in my previous home living with my husband due to his income.

 
I have learned something about myself lately. If I dwell on something it gets worse. If I forget about it things change and it gets better. No matter what subject it is. Ever since I walked to the store last Sunday, I am having a horrible time walking at all. My legs are aching and the Lymphedema seems worse not better. I thought exercise was supposed to help it not hinder it. Since it has to do with an essential thing such as walking I have been dwelling on it. For today, I am going to try to ignore it and just do what I have to do and if it hurts I will live with it. There are others much more worst off than I am.

I know if the hot weather will just go away I would be much better. Yesterday it went up to 81. Come on fall! My air conditioner is on constantly but if it gets below 63 degrees I feel I have to turn it off. Sometimes I get cold. Then I turn it off and pretty soon I am hot. Weird I know.
 
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The guy asking about how to design furniture better for older adults make me think. I have some issues with furniture now. one being mainly with recliners that are not powered (not enough electric outlets for one in my apartment). Hard to get out of them because they are so low. Maybe one that would be designed like my desk chair where it can be lowered or raised up higher. And not be electric.
 
katlupe said:
The guy asking about how to design furniture better for older adults make me think. I have some issues with furniture now. one being mainly with recliners that are not powered (not enough electric outlets for one in my apartment). Hard to get out of them because they are so low. Maybe one that would be designed like my desk chair where it can be lowered or raised up higher. And not be electric.
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Do you mean pneumatic like the chairs at the hair salon?

I couldn't find a recliner like that, but they used to have chairs with a lever to push it forward.
 

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