Saturday, December 21, 2019

Saturday, catch up!

     IT was a fun event, although Hubs admitted he knew I had paid off the house, as I had told him I would do it before Christmas.  It was still fun to have friends over.  Sluggy and Dan would have made it the best, but alas missed the festivities.

     Hubs forced me to go to the doctor on Wednesday.  He just said go to the express care, get on line and make an appointment they will contact you 1/2 an hour before your time and you can run over.  I was dubious.  Waiting in a room for hours with other sick people is never my favorite thing to do.  But I did as instructed.  They confirmed my 1:15 appt immediately and then a 1/2 hour before I also got a message.  So I headed over and was up at the desk with my mask on at 1:13.  The woman says, you are not on our list.  By the way the waiting room was full of sick people, like lots of sick people.  I told her that was impossible as I had two messages on my phone confirming my appointment.  I tried to shove my phone in her face. Her reply was that sometimes when two people are trying to make an appointment at the  same time it will kick one out.  My reply well then why do I have two confirmations if I was kicked out?  No answer....I was then told I had a two hour wait behind all the sick people, I argued that I had proof of an appointment again showing her so I should have my scheduled time.  No this was a walk in clinic and people had to go in order of show.  But you want us to register on line?  Why would you do that?  Answer: It allows you to save your place in the cue.  So I did that see? more phone shoving.  This logic or lack of it continued until I realized it was an infinite loop ( computer term).  I then got angry and they made me an appointment with a doctor upstairs for an hour and 45 minutes later.  No they did not waste my time.....  It took hours for my blood pressure to return to normal.  I did tell the doctor upon seeing her all about my express (not) care visit and she just shook her head. What a mess, anyway got an antibiotic for secondary sinus infection and some good cough syrup.  The river that was running down the back of my throat has abated, but the rest of the symptoms are about the same.

Thursday:  The carpet layer came and we were told that they would help us move the larger furniture.  When the men came in they were both about 6'4" and weighed in at 300 lbs a piece.  I could not imagine how two OLD (very Old) men who were that large could lay carpet.  They threw a fit that the room was not emptied and stormed out staying they would be back in an hour. Leaving me alone with a sectional to take a part and move by myself.  I called the company and they had lost their regular guys so these were contracted people.  It about killed me but I got the damn sectional apart and moved.  They came in and grunted and heaved for about 4 hours.  I thought someone was having a baby downstairs.  I also decided if someone died I was not going to try and save them.  The rude sons a &^%$#.  But after they were gone the new carpet looks so good and the room looks great, we just have to put in the base boards, which we will do after Christmas.

Swedish Christmas tree.  Most of these wooden things were painted by my older sister who passed away from breast cancer about 15 years ago.  See the new grey carpet?  So pretty. 



Antique rocking chair that was great grandpas, could not be complete with out a pillow of Aunt Lil Sis scaring all the young ones.






Grandmas antique milk glass lamp, our old furniture with those stretch covers(I would highly recommend) We are not keeping any of the old furniture down here when we move only the antiques.  That would be me and Hubs.


I love how the fireplace turned out and of course the traditional Yule bok stands sentinel over the fireplace.



















Swedish Christmas memorabilia love all of it!

I found this pillow face in an old box of Mom's Christmas things.  It was done by a Great Aunt Sigrid in Sweden.  I made it into a pillow cover and I think it is so beautiful. Now all the girls want it.


I decorated mom's bath for our Oldest who is coming this evening with her family.


The new $500.00 basement toilet.  IT flushes.  That is all I care about.

     Thursday a girl friend and I made caramels and rosettes for three hours and then I took a nap.  Just exhausted.  That has been the worst thing about this cold, is how tired I am.  Friday D#2 came in at about noon and she cleaned non stop (I had left the kitchen a grease bomb mess) for 6 hours until Hubs party.  Bless her.  I was able to get a wedding dress done so today all I have is a little sewing and a couple of things to pick up. I also want all the gifts wrapped but daughters will help with that.
I feel like Christmas is ready to land here.

     How are preparations going at your place?  Any last minute things you need to do?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim

23 comments:

  1. Since my expectations are low, things are going great. The turkey is done, so the rest is a snap. yesterday, I finally felt like the antibiotic I finished a week ago was finally working. Sleep is all I want. I love all the pictures of your things. A plumber who weighed 400 lbs., at least came to work at my house. How he did it was beyond me.

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  2. I totally understand your frustration at the doctor's office! Grrrrr You're carpet looks fantastic!! I love it!! AND CONGRATULATION'S on paying off the house! What a great feeling!!

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    1. I know and then try and explain yourself to a minimum wage drone...

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  3. I really love the American traditions of decorating the house for each holiday! Its something I'd love to do when I have more time. We tend to just decorate one room for Christmas, your rooms all look so lovely and welcoming.

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    1. I have not decorated for 3 years, but this year with all the kids coming home and us selling the house I wanted to.

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  4. First , glad the mortgage burning was fun. The house looks lovely - love all the decorations.
    Oh my what a couple Cr^p days you had. I would have been madder than a wet hen on both counts. Bless your heart. Glad you are feeling some better.
    Take care!

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    1. I know you are sick and they make you sicker. It is very busy here.

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  5. Congratulations! Is that your living room, or a living area in your basement level? Either way, it's a lovely, comfortable looking room.
    I went quasi-minimalist with the decorating this year--still haven't gotten into the swing of things in the new house. I go pretty low key for Christmas. The gifts are wrapped and ready to put out on Christmas Eve, youngest and I made a batch of chocolates, and I've been feeding (and eating) our fruitcake since the day after Halloween! We feed a cake until we cut into it. My recipe yielded two loaf cakes and one 9 inch round--we are down to about 1/3 of a loaf, which is heavily laced with rum, as it was the last one we sliced! Beyond that, we've been stuffing Advent calendars, drinking eggnog, and watching the candles burn.
    I hope you continue to feel better.

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    1. This is my basement family room. I will post pictures of the upstairs but it is covered in grandson toys.

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  6. I love the scary sis pillow! The gray looks great with the fireplace. Sorry about your non-urgent care. Seems like more things go wrong than right these days. My package deliveries made the delivery dates they gave seem like just a suggestion. And one item arrived damaged, with the box intact, not a scratch, not a dent, not a sign of snoopage. I think they PACKED a damaged item to send me!

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    1. It is alwasy a gamble when you have things shipped.

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  7. Congrats! on paying off your mortgage! I hope you are feeling better and have a very Merry Christmas. (side note: I saw a dime on the floor at the grocery check out. I thought of you and Sluggy and bent over to pick it up. I could feel my pants slide and I'm sure my underwear (maybe my butt crack) was exposed to the world, but I got the dime. lol)

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  8. Congratulations on paying off your mortgage!! That is such great news. Sorry you've been sick though. I hope you are feeling better soon and have a very merry Christmas.

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  9. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Contgrats on being mortgage free!!

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  10. I am sorry to hear you are under the weather and hope you are much better now. Meanwhile thank you for the tour of your lovely home. I love seeing the little touches. You and your Hubs sound like Hubby and I so I just had to follow you. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas from me outside Ottawa, Ontario.

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    1. Thanks, I am slowly mending, only wetting my pants once of twice a day coughing instead of......

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  11. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on paying off your mortgage! Oh how I wish it was cool to have big mortgage burning parties but it became a shaming thing 20y ago.

    I looked at your debt-paydown list on the left. Sooooo AWESOME! I remember how giddy I felt when we arrived on the top of that mountain. I hope you "feel good all over"!

    You have much to celebrate this year. I hope you are well by now and ready to enjoy Christmas. God Bless you all!

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    1. Thanks, really they shamed paople 20 years ago? I never heard of that why?

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    2. Because people were constantly upgrading their McMansions, buying new cars, incurring bigger debt because they could afford monthly payments. Staying in a smaller home and driving an older car? Outrageous! I was consistently asked why I didn't build a bigger new home and buy a new car (we KNOW you can afford it). But I retired at 58 this summer and they..........cannot!

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