What are you doing?

[cjmmytunes]

Got all my daily things done, now I'm getting ready to watch a "Bandit Patrol" marathon on NatGeo Wild. Hope you all have a good day.

 

[Andy M.]

Just installed an LED closet light in our GD's bedroom closet. It's a battery operated, motion sensored light that goes on automatically when she opens the closet door.

 

[Addie]

How on earth did you end up with 2 wheelchairs, if I may ask? Mom has a walker and a cane here in the house (well, a Rollator and a cane), and her wheelchair is currently in the garage. She uses the cane mainly when we go out and she is not going in the stores with me. IF she wants to go into Walmart with me, we take the Rollator. She also uses the Rollator to hold on to for balance when he does her PT nights. She rarely uses the cane in the house.

I was in a wheelchair for a whole year. It is the one most folks are familiar with. Big side wheels that the patient can turn themselves. It is rather heavy. Folding it and lifting it to put it in the car can be quite a chore. Hopefully, I will never have to sit in it again for the rest of my days.

I still can't walk a long way. Like through a store. So my daughter bought me one that has to be pushed by someone else. Her. I can walk for about five minutes at the most as long as it is inside a building. So if I am clothes shopping, she can push me around the store and I can stand up to look through the racks. But having the wheelchair with us, I can sit when the pain in my spine and hips start to act up. Sometimes my daughter has errands to run for herself. The second wheelchair goes into the car and she takes me along mainly to get me out of the house. She pushes me around. And I get some fresh air and to see other people. This type of wheelchair has to be pushed by someone else. It only has foot rests. No big side wheels for me to wheel myself around. And it is so light, even I can lift it with one hand. the big one I don't even have enough strength to open or close it.

When I go grocery shopping, I use the electric cart that most large box stores now supply for their handicap customers. And I have an electric scooter that gets me around the neighborhood. It can go seven mph and travel for 12 miles on one overnight charge. If I were one to travel, it breaks down into three pieces. When I became disabled, I refused to stay completely that way. Sometimes I will walk downstairs to get my mail. Other days I am in too much pain to do that. So I use my scooter. I would be so lost without my light wheelchair and scooter. They both allow me to stay in the community and participate in the life around me.

 

[Andy M.]

Running into a problem trying to erase the hard drive on my busted Mac. Instructions require keystrokes that I cannot do because the spill killed the keyboard. I may just take it apart and dismantle the hard drive.

 

[Just Cooking]

Running into a problem trying to erase the hard drive on my busted Mac. Instructions require keystrokes that I cannot do because the spill killed the keyboard. I may just take it apart and dismantle the hard drive.

I need to do the same and I don't know how to.. Please let me know how that's done... I can take it out, just don't know how to dismantle it..

 

[Andy M.]

I need to do the same and I don't know how to.. Please let me know how that's done... I can take it out, just don't know how to dismantle it..

is yours a Mac also? If you can work the keyboard, I have simple instructions to rase the hard drive securely.

 

[Just Cooking]

is yours a Mac also? If you can work the keyboard, I have simple instructions to rase the hard drive securely.

Sorry, I didn't specify.. Its a Dell PC.. I had set it in the closet after buying a new one.. Some months later I was going to erase it and its totally dead so it won't boot up.. Someone said to destroy the hard drive with a hammer and I thought maybe there was a better way to do it..

Ross

 

[Cheryl J]

Spent much of the day in the back yard today, getting pots ready for planting, and transplanting. Filled the bird seeders, swept the patio, and washed a few windows. I took a bunch of the houseplants out to the patio table and trimmed them up, they've gotten pretty leggy over the 'winter'. Hopefully they'll get a little bushier now that they've had a haircut. Had a fairly early afternoon dinner, rested up a bit with some iced tea, and now it's about time for a glass of wine.

 

[Andy M.]

Sorry, I didn't specify.. Its a Dell PC.. I had set it in the closet after buying a new one.. Some months later I was going to erase it and its totally dead so it won't boot up.. Someone said to destroy the hard drive with a hammer and I thought maybe there was a better way to do it..

Ross

If you can't recharge it and reformat the hard drive, smash it with a hammer.

 

[Just Cooking]

If you can't recharge it and reformat the hard drive, smash it with a hammer.

I will do the hammer thing... Thanks, Andy...

 

[caseydog]

My buddy Jim Beam is helping me ease the pain of a long, hard day. My photography work was done at 4PM, but, the auction company had about 60 cars to move, and a shortage of people who know how to drive really old cars, so I helped out. Driving a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado out of a grand ballroom through two 8-foot-wide doorways was a new experience. But, that's why I SHOULD get paid the big bucks. Maybe I will, some day.

CD

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I hope the mirrors are still attached to that Caddy, CD! Enjoy that JB - you earned it. Himself has enjoyed Jim's company, too. When our son went to his first year of college in AZ, a client insisted that Himself stay behind in OH...in case he might need him. Never did. So, Mom and two 19-year-olds set out for a near-cross-country drive. Meanwhile, the first night, Himself and ol' Jim had a nice, long sit-down. When I called that night to let him know where we were staying, hish schpeesh wash a li'lle shloppy.

 

[LPBeier]

Just installed an LED closet light in our GD's bedroom closet. It's a battery operated, motion sensored light that goes on automatically when she opens the closet door.

Sounds great, Andy! I would like one of those for every time the cat tries to get into the treat cupboard. Or better yet, an air raid siren! Seriously, I am sure your GD will love it.

What am I doing?

Celebrating! We bought a new home!!!!! It is actually the first one we put an offer on and were shocked that we didn't get it because we were told no one else had put in an offer. It turns out that a couple who had viewed it a few hours before us last Saturday changed their minds and put in an offer. What sunk us was a technicality regarding our realtor's commission. Since the buyer pays the commissions, and they had a "2%" realtor, they didn't like the clause stating that we would pay our realtor what he should get. They thought we were making them pay it. So, when the conditions weren't met, we got another chance, fixed it so there is nothing in the offer about the extra commission (we will pay that on our own as he is a friend and did a lot of work for us), it was accepted!

We have a 3rd floor condo overlooking a park with an off leash dog park right across the street for Violet. We are concerned about having to take her up and down in the elevator, but she has been in them before and is also pretty good at "holding it" until we go for walks. Monkey is going to be out of sorts because she can't just jump on the fence and go wandering around, but she adapts pretty well to her surroundings. We figure she will spend most of her time on the balcony and I may truck her over to the dog park in her crate once in awhile she can run around with Violet (as long as there aren't any other dogs at the time. I can watch from our place and get to know the schedules!

We are going to have to get rid of a lot of stuff! My Mom's old wooden desk that she used for school work and then became a sewing desk for her and now me, won't be able to go so I am hoping that my nephew might take it for his son to use some day. The only backyard items we can take are the BBQ, our small table and chairs and my herb garden greenhouse. We will leave some things, like the hose and sprinklers for the new owner. My beloved park bench will probably go to my BIL or our church, whichever makes up their mind first.

Well, now I am just rambling. Can you tell I am excited?

 

[LPBeier]

Remember, two years ago I was living in a motel with everything I owned stashed in a storage unit, looking for a house while going to my new job. It will happen, take heart! {{LP}}

How right you are, Princess. (And yes I do remember) You will see in another post here that we got the one we thought we lost out on!

We are on a tight schedule Subjects are off on Thursday (just formal approval of Monkey and Violet and verification of financing), I have my hernia repair surgery on May 5th (and I better not be kept in overnight because I plan to be at Guardians of the Galaxy when it opens!) and we take possession on the 19th. TB is off this week so we hope to get a lot of the packing and clearing out done!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

This is wonderful news, LP! I'm so happy for you! I know you've been concerned with finding something suitable in time before you had to vacate your old place. (((hugs))) to you!

Guess we shouldn't be seeing you on DC for a while, eh? Well, except for when you need to rest after your surgery. Good luck and God bless with that.

 

[LPBeier]

Thanks, CG! Yes, I could be scarce, but we still have to eat so I will try to report in on that. I may be looking for quick meal ideas as well.

 

[Andy M.]

Great news, LP! Glad you found your new home.

 

[Dawgluver]

Excellent news, LP! Congrats on your new digs!

 

[Farmer Jon]

Kids prom last night. My boy a senior lives with me and my daughter a freshman lives with her mother. They go to differant schools so they came over to our house for pictures. I'm not thrilled with her dress but we are actually getting along so I just kept my mouth shut.

 

[cjmmytunes]

Congrats on the house, LPB. I knew it would happen.

Addie, my mom only has the one that is called a "transport chair". Our house at the moment is too small for a wheelchair to be used in the hallway and the bathroom.