I was able to rent the singles van so that I can drive down the hill to market and go to the Teen Centre for hamburger night with Joan. There is even a brass concert on Saturday evening.
Good morning! Finishing up the first of 5 night shifts in a row. I have a meeting this morning before I can go home, and then I have another meeting this evening before work. Should be an interesting day.
We go to go down to see one set of grands this weekend and celebrate a 15th birthday. We have 2 more grands and 2 son-in-laws with birthdays this month, along with Miguel.
Re: the discussion about open cabinets yesterday – it bothers me also. I wrote a short story (micro story, really) about it 20 years ago when my family kept leaving upper cabinet doors open and I would bump my head against them. It is as yet unpublished, just as all of my scribblings are. Maybe I should put them together and self-publish? Nah. No one would read them. I showed this one to an English prof at the community college back then, and she said it needed more character development. I guess she didn’t know about the Latin-American minimalist short story style.
I’m sorry for Donna’s loss.
Congratulations to Sixth Arrow.
As for the guess of Philadelphia. It really wasn’t difficult.
1. I knew AJ was an east coast person.
I knew it wasn’t Boston, anything in RI, or NYC. I had been there.
Nor was it Norfolk or anything south of there, I had been there.
That leaves Philadelphia and Baltimore , and I easily ruled out Baltimore.
Leaves Philadelphia.’
I have been to Philadelphia, but only to visit historic sites. I don’t remember anything else about the city. Same for Boston.
Good morning. I am feeling encouraged about my eyes. Thanks to those who prayed.
In a bit I have a meeting at the church about getting our prayer group running more effectively. I heard mention of a Concert of Prayer and want to see what is in mind. I think it means different things to different people.
I am glad Mumsee’s young troubled lady is home, and it sounds like things are settling some for her.
Morning….anyone else hearing the theme song of Jaws upon seeing that photo!?! Get out of the water!!!!
Dj I am so sorry for the loss of your friend….
I am heading off to a very busy day…have a blessed one ya’ll…..
There aren’t any August birthdays in my family of origin (though I was due in August — but born in September), but now there’s a growing list of August birthdays elsewhere in the family. My brother’s wife; my sister’s husband; my son-in-law; and now my granddaughter.
Kitchen cabinets revisited: I woke up in the middle of the night last night and used the restroom. Then I went out to the kitchen to get a drink of water. When I walked into the room, the stove clock said 3:04, and the cabinet door next to the sink said, “Close me!” 🙂
Off to clean out those kitchen cabinets. They’re getting in a state of disarray. How does that happen so fast?!
When a new Chick-fil-A location opens, sales tend to drop at nearby McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King locations, according to a report from Gordon Haskett.
•In the first six months after a Chick-fil-A opens, customer traffic falls an average of 5.4% at Wendy’s, 4.4% at Burger King, and 1.5% at McDonald’s locations.
•Chick-fil-A is steadily expanding across the US, becoming the third-largest restaurant in the US by systemwide sales in 2018.
What the fast food obviously needs is another LGBT boycott of Chick-fil-a.
Like Chas, I’ve been to Philadelphia but never saw it from the water side. Baltimore’s waterfront is supposed to be a shining example of redevelopment, but I haven’t seen that either.
Wow, it’s Thursday already? This week is going fast.
I’ve only been to Chick-fil-a a couple times, even though there are a few in the general area (but none in my specific town or community). We had a couple of them close to our former office. Food was good, it’s just not a place I frequented — and now I seldom go to any fast food place. But I did get a Jersey Mike’s sub sandwich a couple weeks ago that was really delicious.
Husband drove daughter to Kamiah for her TB test for the CNA course requirement and they picked up a used crib daughter found on Craigslist. Looks very nice for forty dollars.
Not sure I have ever been to Chik-fil-a but it is possible when we lived back east. They do have one or two of them in Boise but I am not likely to drive five hours for a sandwich when I don’t get them in Lewiston or any where else. But I am glad they are there and glad they are successful and glad they are noted for the faith of their owners.
I don’t care for fried foods so I’ve never been to a Chik-fil-a. We’ve got one in town across the street from the JC and everyone I know seems to like their foods. To each their own. 🙂
They do have grilled chicken, grilled chicken club, grilled chicken nuggets, and grilled chicken wrap. They’re a bit pricier than the fried counterparts.
There isn’t a Chik-fil-A anywhere around here except on a college campus where parking is inconvenient, so I rarely go there, but when I’ve gone I’ve been very impressed with both the food and the service.
We enjoy Chick-fil-A every now and then. It is in a town about half-an-hour away, and has only been there for a few years. Before that, there were none in our area. It does a really good business.
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Re: open kitchen cabinets. I don’t get it. Why do some people just leave them open? Glad that doesn’t happen much here.
Another thing I don’t get – and this does happen in my house – is not using an available coaster. I am a combination of annoyed and amazed when I see a glass or cup set down within inches of a coaster. Really?!
I laughed at the open cabinet doors thread. I’m a compulsive closer and often not conscious of it. My wife might grab some plates from a cabinet and leave the door open because she’s coming right back to get something else, and if I happen to walk by I’ll close it without thinking about it. Makes her mad.
In the morning I’ll put my oatmeal in the microwave and while it’s cooking get out the milk and the toppings. Cinnamon comes out of a cabinet. I try, I really try, to leave the cabinet door open since I’m going to put the cinnamon away in about two minute. It hangs over the counter and isn’t a danger to anyone walking through. But when I go to put the cinnamon away I find that the door has been shut. I don’t remember doing it, but I’m the only person around so it must have been me.
I get in trouble for washing up utensils or bowls that Nightingale still needs when she is baking or cooking. Just trying to be helpful! (And keep ahead of the big mess that I know is coming.)
Kizzie, we didn’t use coasters growing up. We simply didn’t own any. So I’ve had to get used to the idea of using them. Maybe in Phoenix we really didn’t need them, I don’t know.
We like Chick-Fil-A. We enjoy going when we are in TN or somewhere down that way. We have none near us, but would welcome one. I like the salad with grilled chicken. I like the cleanliness, service and good food.
I guess coasters are more important when humidity puts condensation on the outside of the glass. I suppose that wouldn’t have been an issue in Phoenix so there wouldn’t be any around. But in Kizzie’s scenario not only do they have them but there’s one right there. Weird that someone wouldn’t use it.
The thing that goes under the glass to protect the wood from stains.
We never ate or drank anywhere but at the table unless we were camping or working out in the woods with my dad. Never encountered coasters until I was grown. Well, sleds of course.
I grew up in a very serious coaster-using household (we of all our old wooden furniture that could get easily ruined by water).
When I moved into an apartment with my first roommate, she never, ever used a coaster. I’d slip them right next to her glass and she’d ignore them. I finally would just pick up her glass and set it on the coaster. 🙂 Drove me crazy.
I couldn’t figure how the table got wet unless you spilled something.
Then you wipe it up
But we never had any wood worth worrying about ruining it.
Elvera bought a nice dining room set when we moved to Annandale, but unless it was a special occasion, we always at the kitchen table. Still do.
I was kidding with my question, and I think we have some coasters. But we never use them.
Now when I go to her house and she hands me a glass of soda or something else to drink — and I see that there are NO coasters, anywhere — it about kills me to just set it on the table, but that’s what they do …
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Growing up, we had a lot of 1800s wood pieces handed down from Iowa so they required some baby-ing. I still have most of those pieces now — and I have all kinds of coasters EVERYWHERE.
Coasters are the things needed for when you’re going to set a bottle of water on top of the piano at night and no one sees the bottle there until the next day and the wood feels like Braille that says here’s a little bumpy texture now, you didn’t really need that piano top to be so smooth did you?…
That (story at 8:52 pm) would be the old piano, by the way, not a new (or new-to-us) one.
I haven’t gotten a different piano yet, if any of you were wondering. Long story, but I found out the piano funds I’d mentioned to you that were originally gifted to us more than 15 years ago, and which I’d forgotten about until recently, are gone. Used to buy our family vehicle and other things about which my husband isn’t sure. Probably went toward home improvement projects, the outdoor wood boiler system, etc.
So I’ll continue building up the most recent funds we started to put toward a new piano. With four paying customers now (four months ago I only had one student besides 6th Arrow), I’m obviously able to grow my piano funds quicker.
I am enjoying the sounds coming from the piano at this very moment. 6th Arrow pulled out her repertoire book she’d finished this past spring and is playing her favorites from that time.
I just love it when she sits down to play music that isn’t on her assignment sheet. Simply playing for the pleasure of it. She’s always willing to practice her assignment, but the above-and-beyond playing for sheer joy is so wonderful to witness.
6 Arrows – What a great disappointment that must have been to realize those funds are gone.
I was dismayed to find out that Hubby’s life insurance was half of what I thought it would be. If it had been what I was expecting, it would have paid off this stupid home loan, and then been enough to live off of until I can collect his Social Security at age 60.
What I had forgotten was that the company with which he had the policy I was thinking of had been bought by another company (or something like that) and the cost for the same policy was more than he thought we could afford at the time. So it was rewritten at half of the previous policy. I had forgotten all about that until it hit me in the face. 😦
Okay, here it is. Since we’ve talked about open cabinets, I looked for my story. The original was 1999. This is the 2004 version. Not copyrighted, so this is only the opening paragraph. If you want to see the rest, say something here. I’ll send it to AJ who can then forward it to you.
“Ouch!” she winced as her forehead bumped into the corner of the cabinet door. “I wish he
would learn to close the cabinets!” Life for the newly wed young woman had definitely
changed. Not only was she sharing all the joys of wedded bliss with her Prince Charming, she
was enduring all the trials as well. Most of his obvious quirks — leaving socks crumpled on the
floor to be pushed under the bed and lost, or leaving the cap off the toothpaste — she had gotten used to, since the marriage ceremony made them husband and wife. There were a few, however, that she was learning about in these post-honeymoon days and weeks. Would she ever get him to break those bothersome habits he had developed during his long bachelorhood? Hadn’t his mother taught him a few common sense practices — like closing cabinet doors? This was the third time this week she had met an open cabinet door with her forehead! She could only imagine what she would say to her mother when she commented about the bruise on her face, “Oh, it’s nothing, Mom. He’s not abusive, just forgetful.”
Kizzie, 10:08 pm, I can’t deny I was disappointed at first, but the disappointment lasted but for a minute, maybe less. I don’t have words to describe it, but there is a peace about the whole matter. A gift of God, I truly believe. I feel no sense of loss.
Also, Kizzie, I hope my above post doesn’t sound like I’m telling you you should just “get over it” that the monetary amount wasn’t what you’d thought it would be, or that I’m making any statement at all about your situation.
Your situation is quite different, and heartbreakingly so. You lost your husband, the breadwinner in your family. (And I know he meant a lot more to you than just that.) A good portion of the funds he’d tried to lay aside for his family’s functioning, both during his lifetime and for afterward, if he should die young, was lost through no fault of either of yours.
I haven’t lost my husband. He is still here and providing. And I haven’t lost a piano, either. I still have one I can teach on and earn money while I’m building up funds for a replacement piano someday. That older piano fund that is gone now was money I didn’t even remember (for years) that we’d had!
I hope that clarifies, if my 2:05 am (yikes! insomnia) post came across offensively/insensitively.
Wandering Views 
Morning all. We are back under water.
Oh, it is almost Friday! yeah said all the teachers.
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I was able to rent the singles van so that I can drive down the hill to market and go to the Teen Centre for hamburger night with Joan. There is even a brass concert on Saturday evening.
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Good evening Jo. Have fun, & enjoy the burgers.
Everyone else? Roust out. Get to it.
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Good morning! Finishing up the first of 5 night shifts in a row. I have a meeting this morning before I can go home, and then I have another meeting this evening before work. Should be an interesting day.
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We go to go down to see one set of grands this weekend and celebrate a 15th birthday. We have 2 more grands and 2 son-in-laws with birthdays this month, along with Miguel.
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¡Muy buenos días!
Re: the discussion about open cabinets yesterday – it bothers me also. I wrote a short story (micro story, really) about it 20 years ago when my family kept leaving upper cabinet doors open and I would bump my head against them. It is as yet unpublished, just as all of my scribblings are. Maybe I should put them together and self-publish? Nah. No one would read them. I showed this one to an English prof at the community college back then, and she said it needed more character development. I guess she didn’t know about the Latin-American minimalist short story style.
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I’m sorry for Donna’s loss.
Congratulations to Sixth Arrow.
As for the guess of Philadelphia. It really wasn’t difficult.
1. I knew AJ was an east coast person.
I knew it wasn’t Boston, anything in RI, or NYC. I had been there.
Nor was it Norfolk or anything south of there, I had been there.
That leaves Philadelphia and Baltimore , and I easily ruled out Baltimore.
Leaves Philadelphia.’
I have been to Philadelphia, but only to visit historic sites. I don’t remember anything else about the city. Same for Boston.
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Good morning. I am feeling encouraged about my eyes. Thanks to those who prayed.
In a bit I have a meeting at the church about getting our prayer group running more effectively. I heard mention of a Concert of Prayer and want to see what is in mind. I think it means different things to different people.
I am glad Mumsee’s young troubled lady is home, and it sounds like things are settling some for her.
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Morning….anyone else hearing the theme song of Jaws upon seeing that photo!?! Get out of the water!!!!
Dj I am so sorry for the loss of your friend….
I am heading off to a very busy day…have a blessed one ya’ll…..
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Good morning.
RK, enjoy all those birthdays this month!
There aren’t any August birthdays in my family of origin (though I was due in August — but born in September), but now there’s a growing list of August birthdays elsewhere in the family. My brother’s wife; my sister’s husband; my son-in-law; and now my granddaughter.
Kitchen cabinets revisited: I woke up in the middle of the night last night and used the restroom. Then I went out to the kitchen to get a drink of water. When I walked into the room, the stove clock said 3:04, and the cabinet door next to the sink said, “Close me!” 🙂
Off to clean out those kitchen cabinets. They’re getting in a state of disarray. How does that happen so fast?!
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I got this from ATTNet
When a new Chick-fil-A location opens, sales tend to drop at nearby McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King locations, according to a report from Gordon Haskett.
•In the first six months after a Chick-fil-A opens, customer traffic falls an average of 5.4% at Wendy’s, 4.4% at Burger King, and 1.5% at McDonald’s locations.
•Chick-fil-A is steadily expanding across the US, becoming the third-largest restaurant in the US by systemwide sales in 2018.
What the fast food obviously needs is another LGBT boycott of Chick-fil-a.
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Husband mentioned the other day that Chick fil e is now the most profitable chain of the fast food restaurants. Even open only six days a week.
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I love Chick-fil-a and wish they had a store closer than 90 miles away!
August birthdays? We have 8 or 9 between my siblings’ and my families.
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Like Chas, I’ve been to Philadelphia but never saw it from the water side. Baltimore’s waterfront is supposed to be a shining example of redevelopment, but I haven’t seen that either.
Wow, it’s Thursday already? This week is going fast.
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I’ve only been to Chick-fil-a a couple times, even though there are a few in the general area (but none in my specific town or community). We had a couple of them close to our former office. Food was good, it’s just not a place I frequented — and now I seldom go to any fast food place. But I did get a Jersey Mike’s sub sandwich a couple weeks ago that was really delicious.
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Husband drove daughter to Kamiah for her TB test for the CNA course requirement and they picked up a used crib daughter found on Craigslist. Looks very nice for forty dollars.
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Not sure I have ever been to Chik-fil-a but it is possible when we lived back east. They do have one or two of them in Boise but I am not likely to drive five hours for a sandwich when I don’t get them in Lewiston or any where else. But I am glad they are there and glad they are successful and glad they are noted for the faith of their owners.
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I don’t care for fried foods so I’ve never been to a Chik-fil-a. We’ve got one in town across the street from the JC and everyone I know seems to like their foods. To each their own. 🙂
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I don’t think everything is fried. or daughter would not eat there.
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They do have grilled chicken, grilled chicken club, grilled chicken nuggets, and grilled chicken wrap. They’re a bit pricier than the fried counterparts.
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There isn’t a Chik-fil-A anywhere around here except on a college campus where parking is inconvenient, so I rarely go there, but when I’ve gone I’ve been very impressed with both the food and the service.
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We enjoy Chick-fil-A every now and then. It is in a town about half-an-hour away, and has only been there for a few years. Before that, there were none in our area. It does a really good business.
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Re: open kitchen cabinets. I don’t get it. Why do some people just leave them open? Glad that doesn’t happen much here.
Another thing I don’t get – and this does happen in my house – is not using an available coaster. I am a combination of annoyed and amazed when I see a glass or cup set down within inches of a coaster. Really?!
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I laughed at the open cabinet doors thread. I’m a compulsive closer and often not conscious of it. My wife might grab some plates from a cabinet and leave the door open because she’s coming right back to get something else, and if I happen to walk by I’ll close it without thinking about it. Makes her mad.
In the morning I’ll put my oatmeal in the microwave and while it’s cooking get out the milk and the toppings. Cinnamon comes out of a cabinet. I try, I really try, to leave the cabinet door open since I’m going to put the cinnamon away in about two minute. It hangs over the counter and isn’t a danger to anyone walking through. But when I go to put the cinnamon away I find that the door has been shut. I don’t remember doing it, but I’m the only person around so it must have been me.
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I get in trouble for washing up utensils or bowls that Nightingale still needs when she is baking or cooking. Just trying to be helpful! (And keep ahead of the big mess that I know is coming.)
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Kizzie, we didn’t use coasters growing up. We simply didn’t own any. So I’ve had to get used to the idea of using them. Maybe in Phoenix we really didn’t need them, I don’t know.
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We like Chick-Fil-A. We enjoy going when we are in TN or somewhere down that way. We have none near us, but would welcome one. I like the salad with grilled chicken. I like the cleanliness, service and good food.
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I guess coasters are more important when humidity puts condensation on the outside of the glass. I suppose that wouldn’t have been an issue in Phoenix so there wouldn’t be any around. But in Kizzie’s scenario not only do they have them but there’s one right there. Weird that someone wouldn’t use it.
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What is a coaster?
I gather from the discussion that it’s something you eat with.
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The thing that goes under the glass to protect the wood from stains.
We never ate or drank anywhere but at the table unless we were camping or working out in the woods with my dad. Never encountered coasters until I was grown. Well, sleds of course.
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Oh Chas …
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I grew up in a very serious coaster-using household (we of all our old wooden furniture that could get easily ruined by water).
When I moved into an apartment with my first roommate, she never, ever used a coaster. I’d slip them right next to her glass and she’d ignore them. I finally would just pick up her glass and set it on the coaster. 🙂 Drove me crazy.
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Short drive?
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I couldn’t figure how the table got wet unless you spilled something.
Then you wipe it up
But we never had any wood worth worrying about ruining it.
Elvera bought a nice dining room set when we moved to Annandale, but unless it was a special occasion, we always at the kitchen table. Still do.
I was kidding with my question, and I think we have some coasters. But we never use them.
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As a matter of fact, yes, a very short drive 🙂
Now when I go to her house and she hands me a glass of soda or something else to drink — and I see that there are NO coasters, anywhere — it about kills me to just set it on the table, but that’s what they do …
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Growing up, we had a lot of 1800s wood pieces handed down from Iowa so they required some baby-ing. I still have most of those pieces now — and I have all kinds of coasters EVERYWHERE.
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Maybe I should bring my own coasters next time I visit the ex-roommie. 🙂 She always thought I was overly intense anyway.
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Chas – a cold drink in a warm room gets condensation on the glass, which leaves a wet circle on the table.
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Coasters are the things needed for when you’re going to set a bottle of water on top of the piano at night and no one sees the bottle there until the next day and the wood feels like Braille that says here’s a little bumpy texture now, you didn’t really need that piano top to be so smooth did you?…
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That (story at 8:52 pm) would be the old piano, by the way, not a new (or new-to-us) one.
I haven’t gotten a different piano yet, if any of you were wondering. Long story, but I found out the piano funds I’d mentioned to you that were originally gifted to us more than 15 years ago, and which I’d forgotten about until recently, are gone. Used to buy our family vehicle and other things about which my husband isn’t sure. Probably went toward home improvement projects, the outdoor wood boiler system, etc.
So I’ll continue building up the most recent funds we started to put toward a new piano. With four paying customers now (four months ago I only had one student besides 6th Arrow), I’m obviously able to grow my piano funds quicker.
I am enjoying the sounds coming from the piano at this very moment. 6th Arrow pulled out her repertoire book she’d finished this past spring and is playing her favorites from that time.
I just love it when she sits down to play music that isn’t on her assignment sheet. Simply playing for the pleasure of it. She’s always willing to practice her assignment, but the above-and-beyond playing for sheer joy is so wonderful to witness.
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6 Arrows – What a great disappointment that must have been to realize those funds are gone.
I was dismayed to find out that Hubby’s life insurance was half of what I thought it would be. If it had been what I was expecting, it would have paid off this stupid home loan, and then been enough to live off of until I can collect his Social Security at age 60.
What I had forgotten was that the company with which he had the policy I was thinking of had been bought by another company (or something like that) and the cost for the same policy was more than he thought we could afford at the time. So it was rewritten at half of the previous policy. I had forgotten all about that until it hit me in the face. 😦
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Okay, here it is. Since we’ve talked about open cabinets, I looked for my story. The original was 1999. This is the 2004 version. Not copyrighted, so this is only the opening paragraph. If you want to see the rest, say something here. I’ll send it to AJ who can then forward it to you.
“Ouch!” she winced as her forehead bumped into the corner of the cabinet door. “I wish he
would learn to close the cabinets!” Life for the newly wed young woman had definitely
changed. Not only was she sharing all the joys of wedded bliss with her Prince Charming, she
was enduring all the trials as well. Most of his obvious quirks — leaving socks crumpled on the
floor to be pushed under the bed and lost, or leaving the cap off the toothpaste — she had gotten used to, since the marriage ceremony made them husband and wife. There were a few, however, that she was learning about in these post-honeymoon days and weeks. Would she ever get him to break those bothersome habits he had developed during his long bachelorhood? Hadn’t his mother taught him a few common sense practices — like closing cabinet doors? This was the third time this week she had met an open cabinet door with her forehead! She could only imagine what she would say to her mother when she commented about the bruise on her face, “Oh, it’s nothing, Mom. He’s not abusive, just forgetful.”
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I want to read more!
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Kizzie, 10:08 pm, I can’t deny I was disappointed at first, but the disappointment lasted but for a minute, maybe less. I don’t have words to describe it, but there is a peace about the whole matter. A gift of God, I truly believe. I feel no sense of loss.
God is working it all out for good.
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Also, Kizzie, I hope my above post doesn’t sound like I’m telling you you should just “get over it” that the monetary amount wasn’t what you’d thought it would be, or that I’m making any statement at all about your situation.
Your situation is quite different, and heartbreakingly so. You lost your husband, the breadwinner in your family. (And I know he meant a lot more to you than just that.) A good portion of the funds he’d tried to lay aside for his family’s functioning, both during his lifetime and for afterward, if he should die young, was lost through no fault of either of yours.
I haven’t lost my husband. He is still here and providing. And I haven’t lost a piano, either. I still have one I can teach on and earn money while I’m building up funds for a replacement piano someday. That older piano fund that is gone now was money I didn’t even remember (for years) that we’d had!
I hope that clarifies, if my 2:05 am (yikes! insomnia) post came across offensively/insensitively.
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