Since moving from my space at a local antique gallery I have been selling my antiques and collectibles online. I was surprised to find that most of my sales have been by mail, to folks who didn't live locally. This morning I am selling to someone who is coming to pick up something. It is nice and
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10/22/2019
In the last month I have found three different dogs that needed homes and I applied to adopt them. The first two were unsuccessful. Neither dog was young but both were cute. Last week I found and applied for a senior dog whose owner died. I was hopeful but not foolish. I have excellent references
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10/21/2019
I will deal today with a rejected claim from my Medicare provider. It is so time consuming to provide the required paperwork initially, I can't imagine the appeal process. I wish it were automatic and on the provider but alas it is not. When a provider screws up they suffer no consequence but if
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10/21/2019
I have been busy cleaning up my yard for a month now. I have thousands of day lilies that need to be cut back and had about 75 annuals as well. Cutting back, cleaning up and reusing dirt is a lot of work. I have cleaned my pots and statuary and brought the hoses in. It is cold now and raining and
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10/20/2019
It is cold outside this morning but I worked in short sleeves. I have about finished up in my yard and have only the washed pots and hoses to bring in now. Later this week I expect my lawn guy will come for the remainder of the leaves. It feels good to be done. I can't wait to get the last of the
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10/20/2019
I just spent three hours in my yard trying to finish my part of the fall cleaning. I am not done but I am done in so the remainder waits till tomorrow. The work is hard and while I am strong I am no longer as young as I once was. I have learned about limits and I am sticking to them today. Now of
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10/19/2019
If you follow me, you know I am an avid animal advocate and lover. If you don't know me at all I am the proud parent of three rescue dogs. About three months ago I lost Billy the Kid, who had been my best boy for 10 and a half years. I was and am still devastated, but I knew that there would come
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10/18/2019
I live in western Massachusetts and the Nor'easter we are experiencing is no joke. Fortunately, I completed most of my fall clean up before last night. There are tree limbs down in my yard and I'm guessing all around. The wind is really blowing and I won't be out today. No kidding...............
10/17/2019
All week the weather forecasters have predicted a Nor'easter for later today and into tomorrow. I actually will be OK with it, but needed to get some more plants out and go to the dump. I just spent two hours in my yard doing just that but I could spent another three hours and not be done. I can'
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10/16/2019
I can't remember the last time I had such a good and productive day. I had errands to run, things to attend to, a bunch of items from my online business to have weighed, a call from a new friend that was wonderful, and a haircut to get done. I finally got a call back from a QVC manager that I wai
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10/15/2019