Kind of frustrated today.
Was all set to go to the bank this morning, then drop my car off at the garage for inspection. The lock on my car door was frozen. It is bitterly cold here today, though sunny and bright (not like yesterday).
I will give it another day and at least get to the bank tomorrow. Inspection will have to wait until next week.
Every day can’t be perfect.
God bless everybody
Patty
No sign of anyone to fix the kitchen light. Tomorrow is Sunday, so no one will be working tomorrow.
I will have to call the landlord again on Monday.
Not a totally bad day, just not very ambitious.
Decided to make myself chili for supper and somehow today it seemed to take up a lot more pots and cutlery than usual. I’m just out of practice.
God bless everybody
Patty
I”m batting zero today.
Was on the phone (on hold –with really wretched music playing) with Social Security and finally threw in the towel. I had heard that Monday is the worst day to try to reach them. I will just wait until the mailman comes late this afternoon.
Then I tried to order my wine online as I have done for several years and I couldn’t place the order. They are probably short right now, so I ordered fewer bottles and the order went through.
I have this feature on the computer where I can peek at the mail I am getting today (just the outside, of course) and there are two pieces of mail from Social Security. Just hoping that the information they didn’t have has turned up. That would be a major blessing. I won’t know til our mailman comes late this afternoon.
My landlord said he would stop by to pick up the rent check–a major favor to me because downtown parking is never good and at this time of year it is truly atrocious.
By the way, I don’t know if Lee ever told you about the stunt our little town pulled two years ago. They replaced all the parking meters in the municipal lot and on the street with parking meters that take credit cards AND raised the minimum from twenty five cents to one dollar. You gotta love your local politicians, folks. They always have you in mind.
Well, that’s where it is right now. Nothing really accomplished, but I do feel like I did a day’s work.
More to come later.
Patty
I was going to write about Peep and Robbie today.
Then I realized I just could not do that today. It’s too painful, still.
I am sending you their pictures instead and will write about them when I can.
God bless everybody.
Patty
I lucked out and got an appointment with the eye doctor. You usually have to wait forever, but they had a cancellation for tomorrow. Hooray.
Of course, that means I go and vote first, then see the lawyer about the will and all of that stuff, then see the eye doctor.
It all happens on the same day, which is typical.
Please send your prayers that there is nothing bad going on.
God bless everybody.
Patty
Today might have been the least productive day of my entire life.
My ambition right now is down to zero; there is a ton of stuff to do, a load of things to be attended to in the coming week and much that I should have addressed today.
But I am totally out of gas.
I have a nice piece of steak for supper and with the fresh spinach I plan to have with it, I think the nutritional bases are covered.
But I am still tired.
I will take it easy for the remainder of the day, get to bed early and try again tomorrow.
Have a good night, all.
God bless everybody.
Patty
The title says it all.
I thought all was going along just fine. That should have been a big clue, because nobody does just fine in my current position. Losing the love of your life leaves nobody just fine.
This morning my wheels fell off–I did nothing but cry, could not function, and forgot everything I had ever learned about operating WordPress.
So I took the morning off and wept.
Yes, I have a wonderful daughter. And I love her. But she is not Lee. And nobody ever will be.
I do feel a lot better now, and thank you all for letting me have my tantrum
God bless everybody
Patty
I check my checking account balance every day. Just a habit from being a bookkeeper for a long time. I noticed the day before yesterday that there was an odd amount being withheld from the balance. I called the bank and was told I would get a call back. When they called back they told me that because Lee had died they were holding money back.
I had not told them of Lee’s death yet, so I assume it was Social Security who informed them. I had to run to the bank with a copy of the death certificate, fill out and sign a couple of forms and it was rectified. If I had not done so, anything that would come in for Lee (like his pay) would bounce back out of the account. Nice one, guys–a call to me would have been a help. I had had the account with that bank for close to fifty years. We were also assured at that time that it was joint–no problem if a death should occur. Wouldn’t it have been just dandy if my check to the lawyer had bounced? This bank also keeps sending e mails to their customers telling us how they are always “here for you.” Phooey.
I also noticed that in my previous post about the NFL, I neglected to mention that Bad Bunny was their choice to be featured in the Super Bowl half- time show. That was the “entertainer” that I was talking about. 
How silly–we all know there is no such thing as a bad bunny.
God Bless Everybody
Patty
Today I wanted to try something different.
I wanted everyone to pick their favorite popular song melody. Not the lyrics, but just a lovely melody. This is one of my favorites, I could not get the link from YouTube to transfer to WordPress (probably protected), so I used this one instead. This is a group of quite gifted young men who do a great job. A really exquisite melody.
I would love to hear from you.
Remember, this is just popular music, not classical, nor folk, nor sound track scores. We will get to those later.
Don’t worry about sending a video (trying to get this one done had me pulling my hair out), just your favorite–and only if you want to.
Later I’ll tell you about the bank.
God bless everybody
Patty
Today it was gray, raining and muggy. I had to go to the funeral parlor to get Lee’s ashes, then to the lawyer’s office where we discussed plans for my end-of-life decisions. It sounded ominously imminent and a little creepy.
I came home, had lunch and was watching an Inspector Morse episode when I got a phone call from one of the chaplains at the hospital. They do follow up calls for those who have suffered a bereavement.
We ended up having a rousing, wonderful conversation.
When he asked how I felt about the Charlie Kirk murder, and I told him, the floodgates opened.
This man was born in New York city and before he became a minister, he had worked in media. Radio and television. He worked for CBS and saw all the editing shenanigans in the control room and complained about it–to no avail.
We talked about Charlie Kirk, the incredible media slant, Jimmy Kimmel–you name it. This man is on fire. He wants to see the blog and is very happy that this small ministry is ongoing.
What an uplifting, stimulating end to a day that started so poorly.
We will talk again in three weeks and I am certainly looking forward to it.
I hope he enjoys the blog.
God bless everybody.
Patty