I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
The repair shop gave him a ride out to the farm as the animals have to be fed.
He has misplaced (put them somewhere safe) the keys to his SUV and only had the one set so it's no help. He has a couple of old trucks at the farm and can probably use one of those.
The phone pretty well has to be at the rental office or in the car we returned, or dropped somewhere there. He tends to be a bit flaky and the 2024 accident didn't help.
Just when you think you are getting things sorted out they go sideways. Oh, and the TV died this morning, I guess I'll buy a new one.
Glad your appliances are fixed now. Cookies sound good! Too bad about hubby being sick and now you too, I hope you both are on the mend. The battery troubles probably didn't help. Take care!
Finally my car is repaired from the accident in October and I also have key fobs that work for the underground parkade. We'll pick it up tomorrow and drop off the rental. I am not impressed with the rental we have had. It wants to steer itself.
Purple18 welcome to the whine thread. Jeannette did us a service when she set it up. She has been gone for several years now. Your dinner sounds good and easy.
I had a little pan fried salmon, and veggies for my supper tonight.
As for the cooking, you’ve probably heard this before, but keep it simple:
last night’s dinner:
vegetable soup (purchased from deli)
Perdue grilled chicken strips….
cut up and tossed into salad (bagged)
5 minutes prep time, protein, vegetable, tasty soup.
sorry to hear about your new allergy , and all the insurance , provider mixups .
Very frustrating with the grocery delivery as well .
Eva , glad your dishwasher works again. I hope your washer isn’t an expensive repair .
So my oven is fixed today and working , I made cookies today !
Dishwasher was also repaired , new water pump installed . Repairmen tried it out quickly. Will see what happens when I try a full cycle .
Hubby got home from work trip in Europe , and as usual he’s sick . Always picks up a respiratory thing when he does a long flight in winter . He went to the doctor , came out and car didn’t start , battery dead . So that was fun. Got the car jumped and drove it to get a new battery installed .
And now my throat hurts despite trying to stay away from him and sleeping in another room since he’s been home . I anticipate asthma issues 🙄
I got rid of my garburator -never could see the point of them. I don't think it is a coincidence either, Eva. Sorry about your washing machine. My washer and dryer are old but still working. I need to replace them, just haven't got around to it.
We rely on these things so much.
Hoes your hub doing?
Now I find out the rental car supposed to be paid by insurance till Feb 21st according to my insurance adjuster, only has till Jan 28th according to rental co books. I need to get to my adjuster. I switched over my mobile provider and they didn't inform my old company, which they said they were going to do, so I have bills from both of them for the past month or so and will have to chase down the new provider to pay for that time. My fave grocery delivery stopped in Alberta and the new one only brought 1/2 of what I ordered and so it goes. Seems like a lot of aggravations with service these days.
Some good news - my new allergy is only to almond skins, it seems. I'm Ok with almond flour. almond yogurt almond milk and other nuts. That's a relief. 😮💨
Love the gratitude for working appliances.
My garburator went, plumber came, declared it dead in 2 minutes. $440 bill for “consultation”. Not a typo. Replaced and dishwasher did not work that night. Called them another guy came, still not working. Tried to tell me it was coincidence, I did not think so and called them again while furiously washing dishes. Third guy did a good job. Dishwasher working. Now washing machine is making some strange noise.
Way,
Hope yours are repaired or replaced.
Glad your hubby is on the way home. I'm sure he will adjust to simpler meals.
I get that it is too cold to go out - what about ordering food in?
Just found out I have an OAS Oral Allergy Syndrome to almonds. Will be checking out other nuts for the same. Darn it!!! I'm getting more and more allergies and food intolerances. I may end up a total carnivore yet. ☹️
Lol . I love the “ gratitude “ for working appliances. 😃😃😃. I’ll be feeling that when everything is fixed.
Well I could try to make the excuse that since the oven is broken I can avoid cooking to a degree which will help avoid hand washing dishes . 😂😂😂.
Hubby is finally on his way home . I can tell him not to expect a fabulous meal at home . 😂😂.
Crock pot or stove top meals for now . At least the stove top works , it’s just the oven . Seriously , It’s too cold to even go out to eat !
It’s freezing down here . Been a cold winter so far . But at least the next snow storm this weekend will miss me .
Since the oven broke I’ve been craving fresh baked chocolate chip cookies . 🙄
I had to do a gratitude thing yesterday being thankful for all the appliances that are working well. My phone is now receiving incoming calls and texts. I can call out if I punch in the numbers. I can't send texts. Getting there. Who ever knew that we would have to fix our own phones. I preferred the good ol' days.
How's the weather down there? It's pretty warm here for the end of January and we are enjoying that!
Sorry about your provider issue
I forgot to add that the dishwasher has been broken for 2 weeks . I had the repairman come , he has to return with a new water pump , still waiting .
way - Sorry about your hub - not his fault he couldn't return on schedule. 2.5 months after a significant loss is when the numbness starts wearing off so his boss could be a bit volatile. It's too bad your oven broke. Always something!!!
I don’t like the new IOS update . First time an update really bothered me .
My whine is hubby has been trying to get home from Europe for 3 days , he was on a work trip . His flights keep getting canceled . Trying again tomorrow . His boss was annoyed today . Not hubby’s fault . He has his computer and is working from a hotel anyway , so don’t understand his boss’s grief over it . She’s probably easily annoyed now . Her husband died 2.5 months ago .
My whine part of this is hubby keeps sending me pictures of some amazing looking meals , meanwhile my oven broke ( won’t turn on ) during the storm , Lol .
After an IOS update last night my iPhone drops calls and doesn't send messages. Thank goodness R and I use What's App. It still works. I checked online and found a list of things to do which I will do shortly. Hopefully one will work. Deliveries will call my number to get access to the building and I don't want to miss the one coming today.
Just found out my favourite grocery delivery has ended. Thankfully there are other options.
At least it has warmed up this week and we will get a few days of above freezing temps.😊
Have a good day everyone!
JDWZP1 - if he doesn't care and neither do you, then do what you want to do -don't do what you don't want to do. Nothi g to feel guilty about. You are not doing anything wrong. Over time I have given up most of the holiday chores -decorating, baking and so on. If I do a little it's because I want to, nor because I feel I have to. Iyt makes this season a lot less stressful.
The holidays!!!! I resent making all the arrangements.-Arranging to meet his kids and grandkids, choosing, purchasing, wrapping gifts, repeating a million times to him where we are going, what time we are leaving, etc, etc. and etc. Then making sure he is presentable( he forgets his partials or to shave) only to have him pull the whole thing off so well his family thinks he is not so bad. (Showtimers)
Of course I want this - I want to preserve his dignity and make a good family memory, but, arghh!
I have made one adjustment this year.
I am allowing myself to not decorate for Christmas…only some minimal things and not entertain anyone. No baking either. Still there is some guilt there… is it my responsibility to make his holiday festive??? He doesn’t care and I don’t seem to either.
I know the members here understand.
oaktree - that's very frustrating. I think all yiu can do is cut back on the time you are available and let the others deal with the difference. As long as you take thr most part of the burden, they will take advantage of you. Set some limits - say that from next week you are only available for on certain days from this time to that time. Make it to suit you. You are being used and only you can stop that.
Hothouse - I am so sorry. Prayers that the reapplication go through with no more problems. ((((hugs))))
It ruined my and my sister’s Thanksgivings. I think the only reason my father is sticking around is to make my life miserable. This is torturous.
I wish I could turn back the clock and did not sell our parents’ house. There were good reasons that we did last year but this I can’t handle.
I wish it were over.
….that said, my whine for today is how annoying it is to hear that bacon isn’t crispy enough, the gravy is too salty, and turkey should not be seasoned with garlic. 🤪
Way - yup we are Ok, thankfully.
Llama -thanks for the hugs and prayers.
Frogster -I'm sorry That is so hard!!!
Bingo - how are you doing? I hope that talk worked. You need to protect your health.
Hothouse - not nice at all. Your hub is kind to visit.
Alva - good idea for Hothouse's hub to make a few visits on his own.
Finally the insurance company has gotten things straight - I think!!! The car damaged by the moose still sits in its parking space here. R doesn't want me to drive it as the power steering is partly gone since the accident. Today I got a phone call from a manager (I had complained) saying the garage of our choice had been authorized by her to proceed, which is great, but I haven't anything in writing. They authorized the wrong garage to begin with. Hopefully we are on track now and I can get a courtesy car and get my own repaired before the snow .comes to stay.
Other than that the trip was great and I want another holiday soon!!! Folks, they really are good for you!
When you think about it, it is the mom and daughter who have a lifetime of giving one another advice and trying to protect (manage) one another's lives. While the son-in-law is just gently "there" as a friend, with no advice and no management.
Take advantage of this.
Send hubby to visit once in a while and put your feet up, eat bon bons and watch bad TV.
Your note kind of tickled me, much I know it might be annoying.
The caregiver is often the least liked person in the house!
When I go to see him alone, I don’t get the same response. He will wake up to eat and then goes back to sleep and all he wants to know is where my husband is. And it is not for lack of trying on my end.
Stupid stuff, I know. But I know now he is still there and he really doesn’t care if I am visiting if I’m there without my DH.
Just a stupid trivial whine. My father is lucky that he has a son-in-law who visits. His other two do not.