As the Spindle Turns . . .

mike's hooked
on ruby's pantry

sTressa needs to go too
so I'm letting him bring her

I so not need to be in the car
with an over amped woman who smokes.
she won't be able to not smoke in our car.
Kevin is home sick-so she could drive
but they've arranged this
and she needs to borrow the transport fee, money.
think they need gas and that's why he stayed home
presidents day meant no pay check for him.

all carbs and no fat no sugar ice cream
then 2heavy cream?
well 1 cup 2%+ 2T heavy cream= whole milk.
so I'm keeping one to blend.

6 half pounds of sliced turkey
3 boxes of jalapeno cheese- no peppers for me
a huge box of frozen potato chunks
no vegetables none & no fruit?
think we need to try a different pantry.
and a bucket of hard boiled eggs?
and 6 loaves of bread.
splits up much of it and brought it to lily.
our freezer is full
with in seconds of leaving dad called.
he want to use the dishwasher
it has 5x's the capacity of the old one,
its been 2 days its not full.
it would take a week to fill the old one.
I do not want to call him back.

last night's moon


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sigh
yup I'm very alive

no storm yet
last one didn't make it up here ;)

I'd been smelling poo
turns out ferbie
managed to sit
and get it embedded in his fur.
mike held him while I tried cutting it out
but it was way to much of a mess,
so we all had a bath party.

the hose really helped
after the back end was cleared
I did the rest of his fur.
got him dry then gave him a rump cut
now I know for sure why poodle cuts
were created. mike was funny
oh look I can see his butt!
got it done before we finally called the guy
to see where his schedule was,
we had and 1.5 hours.

finally the fellow came, mike drove his car
to show him how to get up dad's drive.
Happily it had no trouble getting
up the steep hill

mike had texted susan and michelle
to let them know we had wood coming
the guy dumped it right where we park
at the top of the stairs.
I was thinking we put it in a wheel barrel
instead we filled plastic bins then slid
them down the stairs. where we stacked it.
I'm thankful the deck was rebuilt
the wood would have fallen thru the old.
it was good to have help it got done
in hours instead of days. got warm enough
to put my coat & hat inside and continue
in my spots.(long sleeve shirt)
the sister and kid were heavy coated ;)



mike went and bought a tarp
for the pile on the right.
he could not find the other tarps
and dad can't find the key to the quansit hut
where a huge box of old tarps are.

asked dad to split his wood up on the deck
it will split easier in the cold.
then he won't knock down the books et al.
did not say ~axes indoors is stupid.

Dad said he didn't eat breakfast
and he wasn't hungry in the morning today
that's not good for your body dad
what are going to do for supper
you don't want to be tired.

gave susan some card blanks
and michelle a pompom maker.
she wanted acrylic yarn for her mother in-law
so I gave her 3 small bins full.
way more than she expected ;)

my shoulders did not get the same
work out as raking-
my shoulders were feeling better.
my hands , hips and back
have their new chorus 😊.
mike crashed-I'm ready to join him
but I want to stay up and just go to sleep at 10.
why you don't start a fire
at a cemetery. and not put it out in PA coal land.
The documentary about Centralia, "The town that was"
"https://youtu.be/IFZqWRtYvpM"

there is a fire under the old dump that
flares up on the other side of the rod and gun club.

next dad thing- church and food shopping

burned pizza
should have gone down when it smelled good
didn't here the microwave timer
got down just as the over thermometer was going
too late.

ripped it up and ate some anyways
it would have been good
pizza the way mom made it.

did it while mike and Kevin went over
and finished putting in the dishwasher
it was all about the stupid clips.
but it was running when mike left ;)
think it it has room enough for
almost all of dad's dishes at once.

wood comes saturday.
he didn't call last night
like he was supposed to
so he probably doesn't
know when he's coming today.

went to wally world with M.
looked at the slotted boxes in crafts
went over to the fishing section
and got the same thing for a dollar less.
the pink tax.

squirted the perfume "Diesel"
it did not smell like fuel at all .

so I played with beads again
i'm amazed mom and I did not duplicated
any of the hank beads.
I avoid pearlized beads because they fade.
she had a lot of 8's- and 10's

one of my favorite is the gold lined beads
with white or opal or red glass-
I must have used the tube of red
i now have several variations of white with gold and silver
its a softer version than the shiny czech or chinese beads.
there are tons of those too. but in bigger 3" bags.

might have to switch from fiber mage to beadaholic
they smell better than polymer

love the head dresses..the beads pompom/wool beds
"https://uamodna.com/articles/krasa-po-ukrayinsjky-vid-maysterni-treti-pivni/"

maybe the hungries would be less of a pest
at 4pm-nono food till after 5!
if i didn't feed them 5:30am breakfast
but sirius was the one who started it.
Memrouw!

my skin goes from feeling sliced with glass
to raw- ironicly raw feels better?
my muscles still ache was dreaming about
restacking wood(part of why I'm up ,
I needed a rest.
yawn
back to sleep

mike went to a class
to learn about fire inspections
basically learning what he's not
been doing right.

got home and put his coffee in the microwave
with foam on it and started it on fire.
dropped the microwave .
it spent the night on the porch
brought it into warm up

then we'll find out if its toasted ;) .

this time the light is not the fuse
the light doesn't work
but the microwave part is fine
the clock is programmable

the microwave is even cleaner .
still stinks alittle- baking soda in a cup will help.

one of the thing we learned as janitors
was how to clean them fast.
we made our people really happy.
just a glass of water
and 2 minutes and paper towels.

he found someone to deliver firewood
tomorrow I suggested we need to get
the Dishwasher finished -because
after moving and stacking a cord of wood
he won't want to do it-
he was an ass about it.

now the microwave isn't dead
he's gathering tools to work at dad's

he really does not like our full time job
but grouching at me is better than at dad?
But I am getting tired of him being as asshat.

last night
went down for the last dog out
and looked at the dish collection
not wanting to see them in the morning
I sucked up and started cleaning.
thought it would be good to have the
kitchen clean for the audit.
straightened more of the studio
mixed up cookies put them in the fridge.

woke up for an odd reason
the audit people start at 7AM
hate when morning people
think night people expect us to be morning people.

getting an energy audit is fun!

the wescap fellow is asking about putting in a propane water heater.
I'm hesitant to switch because then if we run out of propane (faster)
it means we'd not have hot water. and the pipes might freeze?
I'd really prefer demand water heaters for the baths/kitchen?
it might be a moot point about them doing it?

because they won't do anything in the basement
with out any stairs. _I do have a design for putting in stairs
but Mikes fought me about design-
he's already decided nothing i say will be right.
- sigh old age asshole sticks in-

Found out dad should have helped us
create a couple of cold air returns
to make the furnace run more efficiently -
the open 1/2 door to the basement
isn't good enough. doy.
may be can do it with flexible furnace piping?

my plastering needs to be done better
its all cracking - I'd been planning on redoing it
because its cracking.
it was amazing to see it via the infrared camera.
I need the 3m window kits again
the new windows were supposed to be good enough?
sigh

there are 2 outside walls with original lead paint
best i can do it seal it -
they'd have to do a hazmat situation insulating
the walls we'd not replaced the siding on
one wall left contaminates the whole house.
Sirius came down and whined at him
boy he talks alot. he wanted food and to go out.

I have enough poles to get the roof rake up on the
its sunny if I do it the roof will clear.

he said to run a heat rope along the bottom
of the sewage pipe then wrap insulation around it to help
prevent freezing sewage line.
we do have a pipeheater cable

The guy says we have ice dams
I've been not shoveling the roof yet.

mike didn't think it important to dig out the entrance
to the shed -so before i could do the raking
I had to dig my way into the shed.

found my roof rake
and the extensions-the new rake is a joke
great if you are standing on the roof
not on the ground-but the extensions that came with it
match the old one so I don't have to get on a ladder to reach
the roof on the 2nd floor.

did the west and north side of the old house
and part of the addition north side.
i'd gotten snow in my booths so I came in
mike had locked the front door so i had to pound
to get in - he thinks raking the roof stupid
so he was not going to help(again)
but he had to talk with dad on the phone.

so after washing my feet in the shower
my feet callouses came off easy on wet feet-
the water had problems, flushed to see if it would help
the guy had used the toilet? he'd almost plugged it?
but it did finally all go down. sigh.
glad I know what to do with the sewages pipe.

mike won't help with roof.
I switched coats, put on his boots and found my mittens.
and went back out and finished off the back of the addition
then went to the south half- and started on the porch roof
then the (armpit) addition roof was getting tired
and had a hard time adding an extension so i didn't do most of it
then went back and did the top edge of the top south floor
I actually got some of the actual dam off-
then raked off the porch again.

got in and put the boots in the one warm room
the bath room- took pain meds and ate crackers
lay down to rest my back-i was so cold
I went to sleep, woke up to a fone call?
now its my arm pits and hips yelling the loudest
froze my ankles-snow in boots they do look thiner
in places wonder if i did what the tv shows as a spa treatement
it made spider veins visible.?
had to poke snow out of the pipes,
my hands hurt the snow/ice didn't help them any.

if tomorrow is nice I can go up and scoot off the addition
with a shovel then use the rake on the upper floor with
only 3 extensions.
but it looks like we have to work on finishing the DW
instead I'd rather just on my back for a day or so.

I will sleep soon but its too soon for more meds.

when the guy did his thing Mike tried to being the dogs
for a ride & the car was dead.
instead he walked the dogs to go check dad's mail
he messed with it the linkage is messed up.
and he got it to start.

mike did make supper
the brother and his wife in Florida called,
their new dog Bella talked to me.
I sang her a bella song.

I need to keep moving
but oh I ache even my face?
thinking should not hurt

wakeup call
was dad
he'd fallen in the shower.
mike went roaring over

wrote austin quick email
then when mike came back
sent him a text saying dad was ok
and now mike was off to a 911 call
snowmobile verses tree.

austin saw dad was hurt
and raced up here to the ER
austin called looking for us.

you want help with the dishwasher
mike said ok.
I'll be there in 20 minutes!

mike went off and did a quick shower
then went over and found them fighting
to get the old one out.
they went on the first trip to menards,
I the spent time looking for the mop
so i could wash up.
it was full of mouse crap under there!
the kitchen is pretty torn up.

dad got up wandered around dragging crap
all over grabbed a cookie
I asked him how he was doing
and he didn't remember he fell.

and he went back to bed.
I got paper towel for the kitchen
and he told me he need it i the bathroom?
are you flushing this! almost said no.
no wonder he plugs the damn thing.

just before they came back
I went in and told him he needed to get up
get dressed and put in his hearing aides
because austin is coming back!
raise and shine daylight in the snow bank!
when i told him "please " he could not hear
the p and l so i spelled it Pleese
and he corrected me- get up dad!!
asshat
I went back to cleaning up mouse turds.
he finally had his hearing aids in!
I borrowed his coat and shoveled the deck
and ashed for austin and mike

Then I started in mom's study
dug thru stuff looking for beads
sent out 3 boxes with mike and austin to our car
then started sorting magazines and books.
there are so many about knitting !
kind of sorted & labeled 4 shelves.
there's a stack 4 feet high 2 wide.
found pictures mom took of dad's mess
from 2013- before he came home from rehab.
he's had problems along time.

filled one box with health krap and old catalogs
it will be recycled
found just a small batch of beading magazines.
only one by Horace Goodhue is a duplicate
I'm lucky she like knitting better? brought them home
and refilled the box with books from my stash
to bring back. ;)

Halfway through I said, Why don't you look in the dishwasher and see if this directions on how to do this, They've found the hose they needed.
they spent 7 hours with 2 trips to menards
and its almost done.
we go back to morrow to finish the last joint
then put stuff away. think we'll bring a load of laundry.
I need long sleeve shirts .

these wafers/crackers made of soaked spelt look delicious
"https://tavolamediterranea.com/2019/02/07/bread-for-the-gods-mola-salsa/"

called austin later
when he sent an email, letting me know he was home.
I apologize profusely, He is taken it all in stride.
we've agreed to complete sentences
defining all nouns- if there's a problem
you get a fone call.
Mike was hurting all over ,
His legs and back hurt.,
And i my back out Shoveling
But We had fun.

Time to put the dog outAnd go to bed.
Good night world Sweet dreams snow
See you all in in the Morning.

woke up 3am
to the smell of fuel oil?

we don't have fuel oil
mike sounds congested
so asking him to wake and sniff is out
of the question.

my neck is out again
think i need a new pillow

managed to get around the dog
with out waking(stepping on) him
mike keeps letting him in the bed room
that's when I want my own room.

finally was able to finish this-
it had been missed dark green crystals

it was done with 2 needles
this style made it harder to keep bother threads taught.
went fast when i went with the usual one thread loopy loops

got a picture of this one finished


I think i'm hungry?
think that's anxiety
need to figure out a good snack

I should try to sleep again
maybe crackers first