Today’s Notes
General: Wife and I were pretty stressed out yesterday, we took some time out for ourselves and went to lunch at Chili’s.
Theme of the day: Forgiveness and Grace! Engage saving the tree or let it fall. we’ve only got 6 days of medicine?
Narrative: Had my coffee, this is going to be a long day… Fed the cows and checked the tree. No change, (Which is good) Trimmed the tree limbs over the house back considerably to reduce the weight on the branches. (I can’t climb on the branches that are about to break off.) I think the tree is stable and we will work toward firming it up “As We Go” versus dropping everything and fixing it. Tractor supply has a good selection of straps, come-a-longs and cables to firm up the tree. The tree closed up about 1/2″ after removing the limbs over the house, also the measuring sticks showed a slight distance retraction. (Not as much as I had expected given the much larger change in the base of the tree.)
Wife and I worked on extending our stay to make sure we’ve got the resources. (Mostly our prescriptions.) We had to call our son to send us a box of one item, but he was happy to do it. (And I got to test my burglar alarm system.) One thing we are struggling with being here a week is this house is FILTHY Dirty. The only rooms that are reasonably clean is our bedroom and to a somewhat lesser extent bathroom/living room. To Auntie’s credit our bedroom is live able. The hard part to deal with is the desk (Where I am typing) and the kitchen. I still have roaches crawl onto my hands at this desk. We are cleaning and removing furniture in an effort to improve the bug situation. But it’s so severe we’re not making much of a dent in them. That said, the pheromone smell is a LOT better! We didn’t realize just how bad it smelled until we put the furniture out and it got wet. We had to push it out another 10 feet to keep the smell out of the house! I put on a mask tonight and cleaned the kitchen floor that was under the hutch. I ended up tearing the baseboards away from the wall to clean up the mess.
Auntie has got to change the phone situation at Grandpa’s. Mom won’t use her new phone and Ricky insisted on keeping her current cordless phone which has to be in her bedroom to charge. (Keeping Auntie in charge of all Mom’s communication.) I’ve tried twice to change it and Auntie won’t budge.
I installed a wireless doorbell for the Meals on Wheels (And others) that I installed at Grandpa’s today. The button is mounted to the fence until I can make a sign that supports that function. We tested it and I think we’re good.
The trailer needs a hitch and a connector for the truck. (Which should be the only vehicle pulling it.) I had to go to the store and look at hitches to get an idea of what I am looking for. The hitch is a 4″ channel and a 2″ ball connection, I’ll get that on Wednesday.
I hooked up the printer and the directions say to install the cartridges that came with the printer, of course that’s INSTA INK as we found out with the old one. I printed documents and will be taking the printer back to Grandpa’s on Wednesday. (Hopefully when the desk arrives.) I’ll pull their “Insta Ink” back out of the printer and install the standard cartridges while I am over there.
Broke out the firewall I plan on installing at Auntie’s house and connected it to the network at mom’s for configuration and testing.
Wife and I played a game of Scrabble before turning in for the evening.
Tomorrow:
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise: Feeling words: Travel: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases: Engineering:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To