Category: Christian fellowship

Today was so-so, not great.

Ever since  Lee’s death, I’ve had occasional bouts of what could best be called anxiety.  Not a panic attack, or anything like that–just anxiety.  I kind of sit myself down, deep-breathe, and make a conscious effort to relax.  It usually works, but it takes awhile and truthfully, I would rather not have to deal with it.  I also get anxious when I first go out to do something, but that passes right away.

I’m sure those of you out there who are widowed may have had to deal with something like this.

Or maybe it’s just me.

Aside from that, it was an OK day.

I still have the problem with Lee’s reprints.  Jill did tell me how to do it, but honestly, it’s too complicated for me.  Today I put two reprints out there and they both got zero views, and that’s because no e mail is sent for them (even though the darn computer tells me emails are being sent for them when I post them grrrr.)  If I ever get the energy, I will call Jill and have her instruct me over the phone, which will require me to change my phone cord as the computer I use is at the other end of the apartment.  Lee used a laptop at the table, but that poor thing is so old and cranky I wouldn’t touch it.

My energy levels are really low.

Aside from all this whining, it was a pretty ok day.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

My Granddogs

A number of years ago, in a mad rush to stop global warming, our leaders (in their infinite wisdom) decided to outlaw incandescent light bulbs.  So, as usual, they threw the baby out with the bath water and forbade the manufacture of the offending bulbs in the United States.

There were some people -mostly medical pros, I believe- who dissented with the wholesale abandonment of the incandescent bulb, and who saw problems with the highly toxic LED bulbs. But that’s the way we do things–jump in with both feet–.

Well now there is some backlash, also from a medical professor of some sort (I couldn’t get the information as I was in my car listening to the report on the radio) who is saying these bulbs are doing real harm and should be replaced–with incandescent bulbs–.  This is beginning  to remind me of my telephone hassle.  Why is it always an all or nothing thing?  For a number of years, we were able to buy incandescent bulbs on line, but that source has dried up.

I still have some, so I’m not worried right now.

There is so much crapola in this world that sometimes, I despair.

At least my errands got done and my car got 15 miles on it.

Enough for today.

Have a good night all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Sorry there were so few posts today, but I had some things that had to be addressed.  I was still wiped out from the Verizon song and dance which ended up taking a lot of the day yesterday.  It ran into the early evening and my body and brain kind of shut down around 4 o clock.

I even got a follow up call today from one of the techs at Verizon and he did not know about the *69 feature being incompatible with the system I have now.  It truly is a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.  Verizon had always been so good, and so professional–now it sounds like they are in free-fall.

And I have a ton of stuff stacked up for tomorrow.

One of the things I had wanted to cover today was a surprise Noreaster coming up the coast.  It may affect us.  That’s why I have to get those things done tomorrow.  Including taking the car for a spin.  I have decided that next week I will arrange to have my electrical system checked to see what is draining the battery.  I hope that isn’t going to cost a jillion dollars.

Having said all that, I’ll close.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

I just spent well over an hour on the phone with Verizon.

I talked to everybody short of Alexander Graham Bell.  I was transferred from one department to another, all in the vain quest to get my *69 feature re-instated.  I have two callbacks coming tomorrow.  I was assured it could be done.

Then about 3 minutes ago, the phone rang and it was a rep from Verizon telling me that the *69 feature is  “not compatible” with the voice over internet (or whatever the hell it is that I have now) and does not exist.  I really loved that feature and used it a great deal.

One thing that bothers me–I talked to many different people in many different departments and none of them knew about the incompatibility. That’s super basic–either it is or it isn’t.  I’m getting this sense of everything moving so fast, and getting so big, so fast, that people involved in it don’t know what they should.  For the “information age” this era does not show me much.

I am drained.

I was tired today because I woke up at 2:00 AM and could not get back to sleep.  I kept falling asleep and waking up again in what seemed like ten minute intervals.   So I woke up tired.

Tomorrow has got to be better than today.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

That’s true–I just had absolutely no ambition.  It’s gray and rainy–and it was like that all day.  And I am truly tired.  When I looked back over this last year, I was surprised to see that I started posting on this blog right after Lee died.  That sort of surprised me, but I was determined to keep Lee’s work alive.  He had a lot to say, plus a lot of foresight.  Much of what he said was quite predictive–he saw things that have since materialized.

I miss him very much.

At any rate, a day off won’t kill me.

I got some insight from Jill about posting Lee’s past posts, and how to cause them to trigger an e mail to the viewers, but it was just too complicated for me to tackle today.  So, of course, when I posted his  old posts today, they got zero views.  I will continue to try (following Jill’s advice) getting that aspect of the blog to work.

Now I am going to watch something on YouTube  and make my supper.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

I have this little preview thing on my email that shows me pictures of what I will be getting in today’s mail.

This morning it showed that I was getting two pieces of mail from the IRS.

O Boy!  The IRS!  Hot diggity.  I normally get my mail around 4 in the afternoon, so you can imagine I was fretting up a storm for most of today.

When it arrived, it turned out to be nothing.  There were 2 pieces because one was a duplicate, and it pertained to people being allowed to do something extra with their 401K plans.  Did not pertain to me at all.

Wouldn’t you think that the IRS would know that our 401K was closed out years ago?  They seem to know everything else about you.

Didn’t do much today, but hadn’t planned to.

I really have to get out tomorrow.

I don’t get headaches, ever, but I have a slight headache today.  That is very unusual for me and it’s really annoying.

I am also really ticked off about the absurd attack on the Amish.  What a totally senseless thing for Canada to do.  Those people don’t even use the technology for the stupid app.

Speaking of government stupidity.  Had a brief conversation with my brother-in-law today and he was livid because he had to provide documentation  (yet again) for his “real ID” driver’s license.  He has done all of this at least once before (if not twice).  He had to drive all the way to York, PA, which is a bit of a haul for him.

There is far too much government.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Today is the one year anniversary of Lee’s passing.

Sometimes it seems like it was a few days ago, and at others, years ago.

I won’t be posting on the blog today, I am just taking the day off to remember all the good times.

Bear with me, I will be back tomorrow.

Have a good day all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

The title says it all.  Yesterday was really good–accomplished a lot.

Last night I woke up around 3 AM feeling positively awful.  I can’t really describe how I felt.  My COPD felt worse, but it wasn’t that.  I had no pain, no fever, no nothing.  I debated–asking myself if I wanted to go to the ER at that hour, and I really did not want to.  So I decided to drink some water.  I’ve mentioned before about not drinking enough, it’s a truly bad habit.  I find that by the end of the day, on many days, I end up just having drunk 2 cups of coffee for the whole day.  I have wine before and during  supper, (total wine 8 ounces) with a great deal of ice.  I use about one and a half ice trays with that (for which wine purists would cut my heart out).  And I eat very large portions of vegetables every night as part of my supper(another good source of water), but I still think it’s not enough.  So now, I have started (today) drinking water.  I have spring water delivered, so there’s always good cold water on hand.  In about an hour I felt fine and was able to go back to sleep easily.  So I guess I’ve figured out that problem.  I hope so.

We’ll see how it goes tonight.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

O frabjous day, callooh callay! I do love Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, with all of Carroll’s made-up words.

I’m cheering because I actually tackled items on my To-Do list and was able to scratch a couple of big ones off.

Feeling much better today and I can’t see any reason why I shouldn’t feel as well tomorrow.  Don’t want to jinx it, though.

The one sour note today–while I was looking up news, I read that traces of the drugs used in the abortion pills are turning up in various cities  water supplies.  The bad guys are saying that is nonsense.  That alone makes me suspicious.  I will check that out further.  There’s so very much out there.  It’s like the bad guys never sleep, nor do they think too much about the consequences of their actions.  The impact on wildlife, for example, which in many places is struggling.

Enough for today, though.

I am knocking off a little early, going to make my supper, watch something entertaining, and be in bed at my usual early hour.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty