Happy - like you and DH I have a hearing problem. It's getting worse and I have to complain about the background noises in TV shows. It seems that the music (no doubt meant to introduce drama) covers the words and that annoys me enough to throw my slippers at the tv from time to time. I really need to get something done about that. Can't do it naturally, but hearing aids are improving all the time. Sometimes however that music just drowns out the drivel they are saying anyway.

Rennie - glad I have your approval for the bedroom colour. I'm not normally one for neutrals, but it IS much easier to change the duvet cover rather than the wall colour every time I change the bed. Sorry to hear you have been sick and that there has been a death in the family. Get better soon.
Oh for October, well we will have to put some thought into it and we only have a couple of days.
Mel - we don't think of you being in a chair either and that causes problems when we think of visiting or going somewhere. Such is life. I think I heard (from an underwater perspective, because that was what you were sounding like) the final sounds of dulcet tones while we were on the phone. I need to take the phone to pieces to figure out if I can get a new battery for it. It does not last any length of time these days and took the entire day to charge up. I had to use the loudspeaker on the phone to take calls.
Ceejay - I think one of the hardest things about living alone is that while the food bill is not all that huge - it is not half the price of two, it's more. And the utilities don't acknowledge the fact that there is only one person in the house. One thing that I have to give our age is the fact that there is not much pension left for us who have worked the last 40 years or so. If we haven't provided for our own future and who knew when we were young that we would have to do this - I mean our folk knew they were going to get a living pension - then we have a lean time in front of us. Women in particular are disadvantaged because in our era, we still mostly stayed at home and reared the kids. Time when we could have been earning for our future. We are truly the lost generation.
Anyway, time to go dig out the dust sheets again and do some more sanding. At least the end is in sight for this part of the project, but I have no doubt that some weird phenomena will manifest in my walls somewhere along the line. So the sooner I find out about it, the better. Someone shoot the builder!!!! Oh I forgot, in this part of the house, the builder is me!

THE WEEKEND SOUNDED NICE AND I COULD USE A NEW FAUCET FOR THE SAME REASONS. LOTS OF CORROSION UP HERE FROM THE WATER. I KEEP SITTING MY SPRAYER IN WHITE VINEGAR TO GET THE HOLES CLEANED OUT BUT IT DOESN'T LAST LONG. POOR PAUL WAS SICK FOR A LONG TIME NOW. ABOUT A YEAR I THINK. YOU FRIEND'S MOM HAD GOOD COMPANY TO GO WITH. 


I picked up some small Christmas gifts and bought some necklaces for myself. Still looking for a birthday gift idea for my sister for Friday. 
I will now have to get myself a new mouse sander. It was never meant for the use that I gave it, so I'm really surprised it lasted as long as it did. DS2 repaired one of the other sanders last night and I am good to go again today. Hopefully, the majority of the sanding will be done today and I can paint later in the week. It will take at least a day to really round up all the sanding dust.


WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN? WITH THE FACT THAT RICHIE'S JOB MAY NOT WEATHER OUT THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BE FORCED TO CLOSE IT'S DOORS? OR WITH THE FACT THAT WACHOVIA IS THE BANK MY CHECING ACCOUNT IS IN AND THEY WENT UNDER? OR WITH THE PHONE CALLS I GOT YESTERDAY SAYING THE WHEELCHAIR HASN'T EVEN BEEN WORKED ON, MEDICAID REFUSED THE CLAIM OR THE CALL TO THE INS. DOCTOR WHO TOLD ME MUCH THE SAME THING? HE WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY TO HIS OFFICE AND I AM SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THE REPAIR SHOP AND GET BACK TO HIM. NEXT WEEK THE WHEELCHAIR WILL HAVE BEEN GONE 2 MONTHS. 


I suspect it's due to the fact that some compounds they use now are not compatible with old type fillings and if they touch - you get that pain. I gummed some rice and gravy yesterday for dinner and followed it up with a cup of cottage cheese as I was still hungry. I will call the dentist today. Sometimes all they have to do is floss between the temporary and the offending tooth - just a . sized bit of matter touching the teeth can be the offender. I worked from home yesterday so the hip is feeling better but the pain is running down the back of my leg now. And then top it off with yesterday's financial crumble And I have far exceeded my tolerance for feeling not the best so I am grumpy and anxious today.
I think you need a break sister!
about your chair repair! And still no hot water! I'm sending you lots of hugs and good thoughts that things improve for you, Jen and Ritchie.
to everyone else.
BUT I DON'T FECOMMEND THAT TO YOU!!
HOT WATER TO SPARE AND I WAS ALMOST RIGHT...A SWITCH WAS NOT THROWN TO OPEN THE VALVE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SPRUNG ANOTHER LEAK.
DOING THE HAPPY DANCE!