Saturday, November 28, 2020

Life in Bay City


 It's an amazing place that Tom and I have moved to. We live on the river. Bay City has rules about animals. Dogs must be on leash at all times. All animals, dogs and cats, must have rabies shots every year and must be registered and have tags.


Now here's the fact. I've always had cats, they've always been house cats. They do not go outside. And yet the veterinarian when I take the cat for care tells me she must have a rabies shot. Blah blah blah blah blah.

Meanwhile, neighborhood dogs run rampant. We even have a neighbor lady, bless her soul, who wanders around the neighborhood looking for dog poop. Her husband insists the dog does not need a leash. Blah blah blah blah blah.


Humans however, in this peculiar neighborhood, have all kinds of rules even though there is no neighborhood association. We have been harassed by one neighbor next door because we chose to have gutters installed around the house and on the garage. This same neighbor cares so much about what we are doing that any improvement we have ever tried to make is directed by him. He just brings himself outside and tells  workers what to do and how to do it. Meanwhile his lack of maintenance is the reason we are fixing our yard.


Last night rampant dogs, or maybe crazy neighbor, chose to walk around where the workers are fixing or riverside lawn so that we will not have to worry about floods coming into our house. I think a fence might fix that problem. Come on springtime.


God bless America. πŸ’•πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸ’•

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Thanksgiving Anyone?


The last couple of weeks were, well, eventful, but not all in a good way. Just gonna share a few highlights. 

  • Good News: Thursday, November 12: Guys from Bay Landscaping started the riverside job.
  • Bad News: Sunday, November 15: We had a power outage. Janice was still visiting. A neighbor with power plugged us into his power so we had heat and refrigeration. I guess he's a good guy after all! Thank God for good neighbors. πŸ™
  • Monday, still no power. Proposed time for repair postponed to next day. Bummer! Janice went home; we ordered dinner from a restaurant (remember Covid? We are old. Keep distances etc.) It was great. Decided to watch tv with the neighbor plugin. Voila! Our power returned. πŸ’• 
  • Wednesday November18: I fell...hard! Results: a big purple big toe, purple knee (remember knee surgeon instructed me to NEVER kneel on them), extremely sore shoulder and, tahdah! a black eye! No i didn't break a bone and fall (the usual reason for people my age) I actually stubbed my toe and fortunately didn't break anything. Thank you God. πŸ™
  • Friday the 20th, yard by the river is sure looking good!
  • Today? Praying for no more "bad luck." 
  •  Thanksgiving? Cooking a turkey. Janice has proven"safe" so far, so we're sharing with her. Making room in the freezer for leftovers. πŸ’•πŸ™πŸ’•

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Gittin' 'er done.


 So you all know about the mess in our riverside yard. It's being fixed. Company called Bay Landscaping, excellent personnel, I recommend them highly. When it's done it will be beautiful... and as useful as it was three years ago when we moved in 

They showed up yesterday for the third time it's all about getting a drainage system in so that we don't have to put on our boots to walk out to the river. It's looking good. Believe me after looking at a muddy mess for an entire summer, the mess of fixing it is beautiful. 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Never been to the Thumb! At your age?


This is the public boat launch at Port Hope, a perfectly charming little town in Michigan's Thumb.


Here we are, Tom and me, standing at the entrance of the boat launch in the beautiful little town of Port Hope. They have a campground for trailers and an area with cottages on the waterside. Next to the ramp it's a small marina. We will definitely go back there next summer!


Sunday, November 8, 2020

Gonna Have it Fixed!

  1. FYI I'm back to blogging and ignoring Facebook as though it never existed.
  2. I started this blog with the beginning of my second marriage and you will find it about five posts previous.
  3. Planned on doing this when I started it but now I'm really going to do it. So if you want to know what I'm thinking today this is the place.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Coronavirus confinement

This is my weathershot for today. I'm somewhere in the second week or is it third, of not getting out and about because of the coronavirus.

It's been quite an experience. I'm sure glad I don't have to be here all by myself.

The kids, mostly Janice and Natalie, insist we follow the rules like old people. Natalie told me today that her daughter told her the same thing. I said I will do as my daughter says if she will do as her daughter says. 

Note: this was actually written on Friday March 27th 2020. For some reason the algorithm wants to publish it on 6/14/2017. Perhaps since the last time I did a post before this one.


Tuesday, November 15, 2016

If It's Broke, Fix It...

Our marriage has grown and bloomed since the beginning. One thing I've learned, Tom is a fixer, and a good strong one!

Last year we moved to a condo on the bay. For years the association had been bamboozled and bilked. We chose to ignore the local gossips (at that time there were only two) and became friends with some of the Board of Directors, who had already spent years fixing it.

They revised the Bylaws to meet Michigan Condominium Rules. They paid off bills and fixed broken properties.