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bill_schubertWe live in a 1100ish sqft house. It is lovely and comfortable and VERY low mortgage and worth about $100k more than when we bought it. We've been in her for six years now. I love the house. It has a postage stamp yard with grass that takes me half an hour to cut maybe once a month. The floors are ceramic that looks like dark wood. Easy to clean with a steam cleaner. A couple of carpeted rooms that are easy to vacuum. Dana has two rooms of her crap. We have no storage we pay for and both cars are parked in the garage.
I'd love to have more room sometimes but it would be taken up with more crap (not mine). So less is better. I've got my office that is tidy and just the right size.
Yesterday we went to a local senior place called Grand Living. Our med group, Scott and White, was giving a presentation on arthritis and I thought I'd use the opportunity to see inside the place without having a tour. It worked fine. It is a lovely place and the Googles say it is about $3500/month for one bedroom. But it is elegant and upscale and neither smells like or looks like an assisted living place.
But there were a lot of old people there.
The presentation was for people who don't know enough about search to find out for themselves. Nothing I didn't already know and tons of 'what about me' questions. They limited it to an hour so my mission was accomplished with minimal discomfort.
I'm not ready to move there yet and we'd have to dump more than half of what 'we' own. Most of it is sacred family furniture that no one wants and likely can't be sold. So that's not happening soon.
But it was interesting to see the choices.
Pickleball today was nice and cold and a bit windy. The group was uninspired and the play was really not very good. But it was cool and I got to wear my jacket the entire time.
Tomorrow is about the same but will be a bit more raw out on the Ranch. No trees to block the wind so I'll have my sweatshirt and jacket both.
Everything is also jammed up tomorrow. I've got to go half an hour one way, back home, half an hour the other way for our network lunch, back home, pick up Dana and take her back down the street where I just had lunch. She's going to get a shot for her hip problem. Steroid or something like that. Hopefully it will help. She can hardly walk.
And now I'm fine. Back and forth.
I'd love to have more room sometimes but it would be taken up with more crap (not mine). So less is better. I've got my office that is tidy and just the right size.
Yesterday we went to a local senior place called Grand Living. Our med group, Scott and White, was giving a presentation on arthritis and I thought I'd use the opportunity to see inside the place without having a tour. It worked fine. It is a lovely place and the Googles say it is about $3500/month for one bedroom. But it is elegant and upscale and neither smells like or looks like an assisted living place.
But there were a lot of old people there.
The presentation was for people who don't know enough about search to find out for themselves. Nothing I didn't already know and tons of 'what about me' questions. They limited it to an hour so my mission was accomplished with minimal discomfort.
I'm not ready to move there yet and we'd have to dump more than half of what 'we' own. Most of it is sacred family furniture that no one wants and likely can't be sold. So that's not happening soon.
But it was interesting to see the choices.
Pickleball today was nice and cold and a bit windy. The group was uninspired and the play was really not very good. But it was cool and I got to wear my jacket the entire time.
Tomorrow is about the same but will be a bit more raw out on the Ranch. No trees to block the wind so I'll have my sweatshirt and jacket both.
Everything is also jammed up tomorrow. I've got to go half an hour one way, back home, half an hour the other way for our network lunch, back home, pick up Dana and take her back down the street where I just had lunch. She's going to get a shot for her hip problem. Steroid or something like that. Hopefully it will help. She can hardly walk.
And now I'm fine. Back and forth.
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Date: 2024-10-16 21:03 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-10-17 06:15 (UTC)I am still waiting to hear from the hospital for my hip. But strangely enough it has improved these last few days but i know that won't last so the sooner i get it done the better then hopefully it will see me out. I am nervous though i have to admit.
Did you have any "good days"at the end ?
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