Rain, Videos and A Bowl.

Hope you all had a nice 4th. I don't think America deserved a birthday party but that's just me of course. 

Ours was quiet if you don't count the hillbilly neighbors shooting off their fireworks.  I had to laugh when I saw a meme that said to buy your fireworks from the guy with one eye and 3 fingers - he has the best ones!  Good point!

My trip to the lake on Thursday did not go as planned.

It rained, it poured, trees fell, lightning struck, and skies lit up.  

Apparently putting my toes in the sand and laying in a lawn chair wasn't to be for me. It was a good idea, maybe this week. 

As I told Rick, the year I'm having I'm just glad lighting did not hit our house or me!

It was so overcast all morning and we decided, who cares, I'm sitting somewhere else, let's go. We packed up the car. We were about 5 minutes from the lake when the skies opened. We just began to laugh. We drove to the parking lot and sat there watching all the people scurry to their cars. 

I said maybe it'll be quick and we can go as soon as it stops. 

We sat there and had some cantelope in the car. We just laughed and talked about how this just figures with my luck.

I suggested we just go home. Rick asked if I was sure. Oh, I was sure. 

By the time we were home, it had stopped but more was on its way. 

So we settled in to watch a ball game. I was okay with that except we lost. Thankfully I fell asleep before the end so I didn't have to watch the pain and agony of defeat.

I swear to God I wrote about this video below but can I find it? 

Hell, no I can not. 

***I'm blaming it on the meds. It says so in the 3 pages of side effects they give you when you pick up your meds. Yes, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. If you take the meds with me you won't remember if you saw it before.🤣 

Anyhoo, after watching this we actually went through our roladex of friends of both races. This applied and it made us laugh. 

I sent this to my friend whose dog is named Cocoa.  She howled at this!   

Now, just telling you her dog's name you now know her race if you watched this video.

I dare you to watch this and not think about your black and white friend's dogs' names from now on.

 

Here is a new bowl Rick made. There is a small crack in the epoxy on the inside and while it has been fixed and it won't break he can't sell it with the crack since it is still visible. I don't think you or anyone would even find it. Not on the outside, inside. But because of this, I get to keep something.

It's heavy too. 4.17lbs and it's 10 x 4. So I am using it as the best-looking fruit bowl I've ever had.                                             

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We also did some canning of our plum tomatoes. Then I napped. LOL.

Well, that was exhausting you know. 

We received a letter from social security on Friday stating that Rick's paperwork to cancel Part B was received and he will not have part B. WHAT? 

After several hours on the phone that day, we came to realize they put Rick's ss# on another guy's form. The cover sheet was Rick's info, the man that signed it was someone different and the name she tells me is not even remotely close. Dear Lord. So she said she would expedite this up to the emergency department. They won't be back until Tuesday but maybe Wednesday. Great. Rick can't get hit by a bus until after we get this fixed.

I imagine I will spend the 5th on the phone getting frustrated with Social Security.

But I just want it rectified.

I will tell you that the first person I called was so nasty she told me this was canceled because we didn't pay. Before I could explain she went off on non-payment like I was a piece of white trash. I tried to interrupt but she got louder. When she was done she got the wrath of Sick Margaret, not Nice Peggy. 

I told her that if she would have LISTENED TO ME she would know that this had nothing to do with non-payment. I reread the letter to her. Ooh, she says, you need to speak to this person, and before I could say a thing I was on hold again waiting for someone. She could have at least said, "gee I'm sorry, let me get you to the right dept."  Oh man, people are just so damn rude today. 

Megamillion is a nice amount. 

If I win I can then tell everyone to BLANK OFF.

Man, wouldn't that be fun? Rick said, "I dare you!"  

He said, "Sick Margaret would do it, but if you aren't sick you just talk big."  

Oh yeah? Shit, he's right I don't like the thought of stooping to their level or behaving like that, but it's sure fun to think about it. 😁

*** P.S. - definition - Chemo brain is a common term used by cancer survivors to describe thinking and memory problems that can occur during and after cancer treatment. Chemo brain can also be called chemo fog, cancer-related cognitive impairment, or cognitive dysfunction.Feb 2, 2021