This new year's I didn't stay up to see the ball drop in New York's Time Square. Did I miss anything? No, I didn't miss anything. Anderson Cooper and Any Cohen silliness.
I am so happy that we didn't get the winter snowstorm that hit Buffalo New York and other parts of the country. Yesterday I mailed a birthday gift for Pat to his mailbox in Buffalo. That's as close as I hope I get to major snow this year I would mail Pat his birthday gift to him but the mailing cost is about half the cost of the gift and besides, the Canadian postal system is atrocious. Pat's still waiting for my birthday card. He received my Christmas card three weeks after I mailed it. Small potatoes I know in this world where Russia is still systematically destroying Ukraine and killing innocents.
I've been watching the Republican Clown Show where the insurrectionists are denying Kevin McCathy the Speaker of the House role which he so hungers after. I am thoroughly enjoying his humiliation and the self immolation of the Republican party even though this isn't good for our country. They all brought this on themselves by the Frankenstein monster they created by enabling the Orange Loser who resides in Mar-a-Lardo Florida.
Just got a call from Bill's audiologist. They have his remote control in for his hearing aid. Bill's cognitive abilities are significantly deteriorating. This morning I spent about an hour showing him how to turn on and off his new transistor radio that I got for him for his downstairs bedroom. I have one for him when he sits upstairs in his Archie Bunker chair in the sunroom. Wouldn't you know it the controls on that transistor are exactly opposite of the new transistor radio Of course. I have to tell you folks, I am getting so exhausted explaining common ordinary things over and over to Bill that he just can't seem to grasp. Things we take for granted, he just doesn't "get." I saw this cognitive decline in my late friend Bob Mc. It doesn't end well. I think I'm declining too. When I went into the kitchen this morning I saw where I didn't empty my dishpan from last night's meal. I always empty my dishpan and leave a clean sink. Last night I was upset about something else which, of course, I forget now. "Dishpan" you say? No folks, I don't use my automatic dishwasher. Not worth wasting all that water to just wash a few dishes. In fact I had the automatic dishwasher removed from our Philadelhia townhouse and used the extra space. Same thing at our Pennsylvania farmhouse, but I had to reinstall it because that was one of the things all protective buyers ask "Where's the dishwasher?" I guess it works if you have a family and sit down dinners but here at Casa Tipton Kelly, we never have a sit down dinner. Bill has his bowl for his oatmeal and I sit at the kitchen counter for my meal productions. I wash all dirty pans and dishes before I eat. My Mother never washed the dishes. I started washing dishes when I was eight years old. I can't stand to sit down and eat with dirty dishes in the sink and I'm certainly not going to collect dirty dishes, pans and utensils in an automatic dishwasher. Pat's the same way with automatic dishwasher. In fact Pat doesn't even use his stove or oven. He either uses his smoothie mixer or induction plate.
A couple of houses in the neighborhood just had new shingles put on their roofs. What? I checked my roof and see where one shingle had come off. I have my local handyman coming by this Saturday to put it back and clean out my gutters. I also am having someone come by next week to give me a new estimate on having my drain pipes buried so when it rains all that water isn't going around the foundation of our house. I had one drain taken care of that way last year but the new estimate caused by COVID parts delay almost double the price to do all our drain pipes (eleven in all). Hopefully I can now get a lower price. If not, then I don't get it done. Not working at the hotel for two years has left me very conscious of all expenses. One big expense I have is lawn care (over $2,000 a year). But I get so much enjoyment from our lawn I have to have a good lawn. Two years ago I had an army worm invasion that left our lawn looking like the landscape of Mars. Living with that just about put me under the lawn. I didn't realize how much I needed my lawn for my mental well being. This from a guy who grew up in second floor apartments. I always wanted to live in a place with a nice lawn. One of my few luxuries that I indulge myself in.
That and listening to deep house music on You Tube like I'm doing right now as I type this blog.
Have a great day everyone!
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Yup its 2023. I had no intention of being awake at midnight. The sound of church bells ringing woke me up. I took advantage of the moment to pee and then went back to bed. I had hoped to sleep through the normal 3 AM trip time to the bathroom to pee but that didn't happen. I was awaken at 2:30 AM to the sound of violent puking outside my bedroom window. Like the father in Twas the Night Before Christmas I rushed to the window and threw up the sash to see what was the matter. The young man was crying by now and swearing that he would never do it again if God would just let it stop. Another guy was trying to pee in the bushes but fell over on his back and peed all over himself. I yelled "are you ok? Need help?". The guy crying started heaving again. The other guy mumbled that "we're ok mister. I just can't stand up." I called 9-1-1 and told the dispatcher the details. Two cops arrived within minutes and just in time to witness the guy who peed all over himself get up and then fall head first into a brick wall. The cop looked at me. I was still at the window but now had gotten my robe on. Astonished he said "did you see that?!" The EMTs were called and arrived about 5 minutes later. The guy who was puking had passed out. The cops rolled him on his side so he wouldn't choke to death on his vomit. The guy who nosed dived into the brick wall was bleeding and unconscious. The cops put on gloves and held a clean white wash cloth I tossed to them on his bleeding forehead. The medic who arrived did a quick check of both and called for a second backup unit to help transport them to the hospital which is just 10 blocks away. The guy who had passed out was going to get his stomach pumped and treated with charcoal for alchohol poisoning. The guy with the enormous goose egg on his forehead had a concussion and possible alchol poisoning. As they were getting him on the stretcher it appeared that he had also dislocated a shoulder, too. The cops thanked me for calling 9-1-1. They said that both were only 19 and had fake IDs on them and they lived 12 blocks in the opposite direction. The parents were not going to be happy when they got the phone call from the ER. I was young and stupid once upon a time but never like these two had been. They drink those cheap "well drinks" made with rot gut booze. They inhale them with no idea of what that much alcohol was going to do to them. The bar help should have cut them off hours ago. When the cops left it was now 3 AM and time for a pee and I was ready to crawl back into my warm bed. Haha! that was my Happy New Year.
Take care of yourself Ron. Take care of good old Bill. Say hello to Pat from Woody. Be careful. Be safe. Be happy! Adieu from Woody in Ohio
Woody,
What a new year you had! Oh yes, I remember when I was young and had just turned 21 a few months before the 1963 New Years. I got so drunk (on screwdrivers) that I almost broke the TV at the party where I was. The other people at the party took a picture of me with my head in a roasting pan drunk on the floor. I don't remember any of that, that's why they took the picture so they could prove it to me. I took me almost a week to recover. I've never been so drunk since. And here I thought getting drunk was supposed to be so much fun. I think I've posted that picture of me on my blog several times. Did you ever see it? If not, it's probably time to post that story again.
Have a happy new year Woody!
Ron
Hahaha Boys will be boys. Just kidding. It must have been very unpleasant for woody witnessing the debacle. He’s an unsung hero.
Happy new year and hopefully a healthy one.
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