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Jeff and I have been debating on getting a puppy for a while now. But I wasn’t sure because Tex is such a good dog. We remember that Tex did love Scotty. So we thought he would like to have another dog around. We thought a female dog this time.

Jeff found this 5-month-old puppy named Marley that was 2 hours away from us. We put in our application and was approved very fast. On Wednesday we schedule a meet-up and possibly take her home. We had to bring Tex with us. He did really good in the car this time. He doesn’t like car rides.

We met her at her Foster’s mom house. Nice lady and huge fenced-in backyard. We liked Marley but I wasn’t too sure. Jeff really liked her so we decided to take her. When we got home it was NOT good. Tex was having a huge panic attack like we have never seen before. Marley was not nice to him and even tried to bite him. Also, she didn’t like me. She would never look at me or give me kisses. When Jeff held her, she would give him kisses and look at him. I could tell she didn’t care for me. Plus Tex having this huge panic attack.

Tex has never ever been aggressive toward other people or other dogs ever. He was cool with my sister’s dogs and my Aunt’s dogs. He has seen and been around other dogs. But Marley was being aggressive towards Tex. It was not a good situation.

Jeff talked to the Foster mom and asked if we could bring her back and she was totally cool with that. She thanked us for being really honest about it. Why lie about that.

When we got back again really late at night. Tex was like we have never seen him before. He started talking and being super affectionate! He was super happy for us to be back and with no other dog with us.

We have learned a lesson. Tex has to be the only one. We are cool with that. At least now we know. As I said Tex is such a great dog! He doesn’t chew on anything, never has an accident, he is fun-loving and overall a great dog.

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I was really sick last week. The most I have been ill in a long time. No, it wasn’t Covid it was in my chest. I had a terrible time with my asthma too. It was bad. It was four days of sickness. I also had the worst headache I have ever had for a week too. It was kinda scary.

I am all better. Now I have to be more cautious because it’s snowed today! SNOW! I have to be careful about how cold it is so I don’t have an asthma problem again. Jeff was so wonderful. He got me lotion tissues and a humidifier for my side of the bedroom.

I didn’t add it last time but we got a new to us truck…..Okay I have to say this. I wasn’t happy that Jeff wanted to get a different truck because we drove to Michigan to get that one truck earlier this year. That sucked! Plus all the things he did to the truck too. New tires okay yes that was needed but he got a lowering kit installed. That was a crap day to get that done. When told me he wanted a different truck I was mad.

He found another one a Dodge Ram just like the one we sold to get the other truck from MI. We had to go to Ladysmith Wisconsin which we have never been there before but it’s a small town. That was a day. First, it takes three hours to get there and then three hours to get back.

Well…I couldn’t be mad anymore about getting a different truck because we had to tack the Silverado because our other SUV had to go the shop for a repair. On the way to Ladysmith, our truck lost power and couldn’t get it to over 50 miles per hour. It sucked! So it took longer to get there. Thankfully they had an O’Reilly’s Auto Parts store so they could check it. Jeff bought the part and we headed to the place where the Ram was. Also, very lucky that the Ram was at a small-time car dealer and repair shop.

I have to say everyone was nice but also the lady was starting to get annoying. Found out it was the man who was selling the truck’s daughter. She made me feel uncomfortable. Just her in general. I also thought she was a bit on the dumb side. Besides that everyone else was very nice. They even changed the part for us on our truck for free. In the end, we did get the truck and I do admit it is nicer than the Silverado.

Now though we are having a lot of trouble selling the Silverado. So now we are stuck with it until someone buys it which I hate. I told Jeff the Ram has to last at least ten years because no more trucks. This is it. I know that sounds like I am being difficult but I hate switching vehicles even more so trucks. Plus it doesn’t help our finances. That’s the part I hate the most!

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I have been having fun learning about the Untouchables tv show! I am putting this show one of my favorites to watch of all time. I said one of my favorites. Lol!

Another cross-stitch project for my wall. It was cute and had to do this one. Alien Christmas!

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A neat lady I have known all my life passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Her name was Aunt Sue.

She was my dad’s sister-in-law. She was such a great lady. She was out of a box kind of person and I loved that about her. When I was a kid, I used to go and hang out at her house. I used to watch John Wayne movies with Uncle Dan and talk with Aunt Sue. I loved seeing her for Thanksgiving. She was an amazing lady.

She started to fade for some years as she developed Alzheimer’s disease. Only some weeks was she put into a great facility her oldest daughter found for her as Uncle Dan no longer could care for her on his own. Then she got Covid. She decided she no longer wanted to be around. She stopped eating and drinking then she passed away. It was very sad!

I rather not think of her that way. I will always have fond memories of her. In October the family will do a celebration of life. I like those so much more than funerals.

I love you, Aunt Sue. You did live a great life and had a great family. You will always be the cool Aunt.

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Can you believe 15 years together today? So crazy! Happy anniversary to my person, who I love so much! We have come so far in our relationship and we endured a lot. I am so happy I found you. We took a chance and now look where we are now. We are great together. Love you forever and ever……

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Getting it done. Last Saturday was a long day! A lot of standing. My feet haven’t hurt that much in a very long time. Jeff and I took out our old water heater. Painted the wall. Jeff rewired and repiped the water heater. I took off the old floor and put down Killz which is pet paint on the floor to kill the smell and other things.

The old water heater just wouldn’t drain in the house. So when we took out the water heater it did drain outside. The new water heater is so wonderful! We have plenty of water for everything. Don’t have to wait hours for hot water. It’s awesome!

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I’ll have to say I have always hated my voice. I sometimes have a raspy voice like I have been talking for hours. Also, I always thought I had a child’s voice with a speech impediment. Whenever I heard my voice talk back to me. I have to say doing YouTube has made me change my mind about my voice. Now I feel I have a calming voice even with the raspy parts thrown in. I like that my videos keep getting better and better as well.

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What can I say is WTF?! Seriously! So….was in Green Bay for a dentist appointment and worked it out with mom and dad to meet for early dinner afterward for the purpose of having Jeff’s bday lunch or dinner with them. They suggested one place but we thought it was another place. No big deal as so I thought. So we met at Cheesecake Rebellion in Green Bay. Which had excellent reviews. I will get to that later. My parents were not happy to go there.

Jeff said, “I bet your mom will have that angry look on her face when she walks in.” I was like yeah probably and she did! I felt bad for our waitress. My parents were acting like children who didn’t get their way. I have never felt so awkward around them. Jeff and I had the same thought, when can we leave? All they did was complain because we didn’t go to the right restaurant.

Okay let’s talk about those reviews for Cheesecake Rebellion I told Jeff I think those reviews have to be fake at least some of them because there were no negative reviews. I am always suspicious when there is not at least one bad review. Put it this way I could have made a better meal. It wasn’t great. It wasn’t worth the money either. Also, Cheesecake Rebellion is a Star Wars theme restaurant. A child could have done better. It was very mundane for its theme.

What is up with everyone just being assholes all of a sudden? First Adam and now the parents. Ugh!

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I am not feeling it this week and it’s all Adam’s fault. SO! Adam is back he came back last Wednesday. We told him that we go and see him on Monday. Monday at night we were going to have a potluck so everyone could see Adam. But we said we spend all day with him. We all met at a restaurant and the first thing he said “Jeez, no one came to see me since I been here. You guys couldn’t even see me on Sunday. That sucks. You guys suck.” He made me feel terrible.

Here is the thing the only reason he came to Wisconsin was his friend was getting married. I figured he would get drunk at the wedding. So what would be the point of seeing him on Sunday if he is hungover? So we go and hang out with him at the parent’s house.

Then when we leave after the potluck he says can you see me again. We said yeah we will come for dinner tomorrow which was Tuesday. Then he says oh I can’t going to go hang out with friends. But bitches when we couldn’t see him or make time for him before.

He made me feel like this:

Also, he has been saying really mean things and then saying just kidding. It doesn’t feel like he is kidding. He is being such an asshole this time. I don’t understand last time we had so much fun and he seemed more grown up. This time he is so cynical and mean-spirited. I am glad he is leaving back to Portland. I really don’t want to be around him anymore.

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People from my town are frustrating people. For months we have been trying to get anyone out to give us an estimate on redoing the outside of the house. It’s like they say like pulling teeth to get anyone out here. Doesn’t anyone want business? I know it’s summer, I know they are busy. But a phone call, text, or literally anything to say hey we put you on the schedule that is all we are asking so we know.

Oh God, don’t even get me started with the electrician! I was getting frustrated with that guy. I know it’s not Jeff’s fault but I was hounding him to find anyone else to come over and get this shit done. I was so mad. I mean just call back and say you are busy, so we could find someone else. Jeff was insistent on having this one electrician who came over early this summer. FINALLY, he came on Wednesday.

We had three guys come and look at what we wanted to do to our house. We really need new siding on our house as a lot of it is rotten plus we want other things done on the outside. The first guy came out and never got us a quote ever. He has never called or emailed or anything. Never heard from that guy again. That was over a month ago. About two weeks ago we had another guy come. Still waiting for his quote. UGH! The last guy came to see what we wanted. Within days he gave us a quote. I told Jeff if that second guy doesn’t give us a quote by next week Friday. Forget it! We will go with the third guy. Ridiculous!

Who knew that getting quotes from people would be so hard? We aren’t even picky. Just whenever they have time to come out. Which you would think would be easier for them. UGH! Well oh well. I have a feeling the third guy will be our choice. We shouldn’t have to call or remind the second guy what we wanted or whatever. He should have taken better notes. We were also told the second guy was going to have someone come and measure. That has never happened either. Sucks for them.

I want to say all three of these people have a pretty good rating. The first guy his business had 5 stars on Google. Did you see “had”? Not anymore. I lowered their score. Sucks for them. Also, reviews can always be changed. If they tried to reach out or anything it could have been avoided. I don’t feel bad about that.

A funny Jeff was like no more reviews till we see what happens. LOL! I will not be a keyboard warrior until we decide who we want. Pretty sure the third guy though.