Archives for April 2025

Hiya Sweetie,
Got up early with the alarm, fed Lola and myself breakfast, then headed over to Val's for another laser treatment on my knee. Not sure yet if it's helping, but it can't hurt! Came back, fed the horses, and had a quiet morning. Was thrilled to finally get an email from your little pension fund saying, at last, that they made the address change and could now submit the back pension and resume the monthly payments, It's been ten months! Incredible. I've been keeping an eye on the stock market, it's taken a huge hit with the implementation of a new tariff scheme by the Trump administration. Haven't quite lost the last two years growth, but it's not far off. I think everyone's overreacting, and that it will take some time to settle down, but it is a fundamental change in the economy, which I think is supposed to lead to a reduction or elimination of a federal income tax, which would be incredible! People have forgotten that the income tax was supposed to be temporary for war times, and not huge chunks every year to be wasted on projects that have no metric for success. Anyway, you'd be having a field day with all of this! Of course, the doomsday liberals are screaming the sky is fallling and calling Trump every name in the book, but I think the proof will be in the pudding, though it will take awhile. Our markets are very resilient and can withstand this, and build from it. I had lunch with Helen over at Willards, then relaxed the rest of the day, icing my knee and watching TV and reading. Planning on riding with Jo tomorrow, I hope my knee doesn't suffer too much from it! Settled down for my usual evening, heading to bed soon! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

Hey Darlin',
Had a good night sleep, late getting up, read for a while, then checked the AC on the truck, which, miraculously worked when I switched it on, but only after I pulled the fuse a couple of times again. Weird. Stopped at Meg's to pick up the plaques and screws for the mounting block, then went to Ace to get the right size cement drill, which is tiny, as well as some construction adhesive. Got to PT and had a good session with a different therapist, then went shopping at Walmart and Winn-Dixie. Headed home, unpacked everything, had dinner, fed the horses, yada yada, yada, had my usual evening. Everything's pretty mundane these days, but I have to say, my knee felt a little better, though it's anyone's guess as to why at this point. Heading to bed early again, hopefully, after my hot tub, shower, and tea. Good night, babe! Love you!

Hiya Babe,
Kept myself moving today, though it took some effort to talke myself into it! Got up early, had a quick breakfast, then drove over to Val's to have a laser treatment that Val had offered to me the other day. Can't say for sure, but my leg certainly did feel better for a couple of hours, though exactly why is hard to pinpoint, but I'll take any and all relief that I can get! Got back, fed the horses, then spent a few minutes looking at the AC in the truck again, and wouldn't you know? At first it didn't work, then, after taking out the fuse twice, it kicked in. Really frustrating having an intermittent problem like this! I took a break and read for awhile, then finally managed to drag myself up and get busy. I started by painting the bottoms of four receptacles, then I decided I had to put on the cover for the water compartment that I bought in case it didn't fit and I had to return it. Turned out to fit okay, except I had to cut the opening up a little. Didn't realize how close the screwholes were to the edge and ended up not having a place to screw into in a few places, so I had to put some Gorilla tape around it as a double brace. Glad to get that done, though. Then I decided to change the water filter, that was WAY overdue, then got out the sander that Rick had brought for me and sanded down a bunch of lids and stuff, and painted those as well. Put in a good five hours of work outside, in near 90 degree weather already. Glad I got a lot done, though, it's very frustrating to have so many jobs to do and not feeling like I can do them because of my knee. Can't just sit around like I have been doing! Anyway, finally settled down for the evening, going to try to get to bed early tonight, I feel like I need a good night sleep! Love you sweetie! Good night!

Hey Sweetie,
Woke up early only to discover that the pick up at the airport changes from around 10:00 this morning to around 8:00 tonight, so my plans for the day changed dramatically. I had a lazy morning, then finally went out and did some more painting on the trash receptacles, but couldn't do as much as I hoped because Rick didn't come by to turn them over, and I wasn't about to kill myself to do that alone. But I did turn over and paint the lids, and what's left won't take me long. Rick did eventually stop by and turn them over, but by then I had changed out of my paint clothes and didn't want to change back. Spent most of the afternoon reading before having an early dinner, then driving out to pick up Art in Gainesville. It was nearly 9:00 when I got back, so I decided not to take a hot tub, but just to shower and got to bed. So that's the plan! Good night, darlin'! Love you!