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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 19, 2024 15:41:23 GMT -5
Sneakers--Glad there were no bad effects from the storm. Granddaughter who lives there was out of town so don't know if their home was affected, or a job downtown. It least you gas prices are similar to Harlingen. Nearest Valero station is $3.29. Gassed up before we left Victoria for $2.79. The internet deal was price off with whatever carrier you had. Was with Spectrum and they would accept it. But I guess I didn't qualify, but never heard anything.
No damage really in Friendswood, but there was damage in Pasadena, downtown Houston, and the south stretch of I-610. Transmission towers were crunched by the winds. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric expects the last of the damage to be repaired Wednesday. They have mutual aid linemen in the area.
AJ is working out of town today. He expects to be back tomorrow night. Not sure if AJ is going to take me to the podiatrist Wednesday or if I'll be taking an UBER.
I haven't really looked at gas prices recently but I went to GasBuddy (don't buy gas anymore) and the three local HEBs have $2.99/gallon reported. All I'll say is "at least it's under $3!"
When Wednesday gets here, I will have to pay my Reliant Energy bill manually. They apparently cancelled my AutoPay when they tried it and it didn't work in March.
Watching the Astros-Brewers game. Astros currently ahead 9-4 in the seventh inning.
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Post by Unclebal on May 19, 2024 21:36:08 GMT -5
soutxed, hopefully you'll see enough Dallas and Houston NFL games this season. The NFL likes to have games on way more than just Sundays these days. I see the Astros took 2 of 3 from the Brewers. Milwaukee is leading their division too. Perhaps they've turned it around. Take care everyone.
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Post by soutxed on May 20, 2024 8:13:02 GMT -5
Ed--It was Mi Tequila Grill in Victoria. Use to be Mi Tierra, but a restaurant in San Antonio by the same name forced them to change it.
Uncle--Astros are looking better. Maybe they have what it takes. Rangers are still suffering from injuries and lack of effort.
Sneakers--Hope AJ can take you to doctor. Waiting on Uber can be a problem. Our Medicare advantage provides 60 trips to and from the doctor a year. Only used it once when pickup was in the shop and wife went to SP and didn't get back in time. But she did arrive to bring me home. Glad the storm missed you, but it sure looks bad downtown. Surprised the Astros players and fans could get to the stadium this weekend. A friend driving up north to visit family (and avoid the heat) drove through Houston yesterday and said it was a mess. Hotel where he normally stays was full of residents displaced from home. But was able to find something else.
Church went well. Wife was not feeling well and stayed home and watched the live stream. Got an invite to a birthday party last night. Decided it was time to get our social life back. On the way the Escape started making a noise that bothered me and returned home. Look under the car and couldn't find anything. Will take to shop today and see what it was. Realized we put 3000 miles on it since the 1st of April. I think it is tired and said no more. My guess there is a problem with the tires.
Painters return today. Hopefully they can finish it this week before we go to our son's youngest graduates this Saturday in Victoria. Without his father there, at least a grandfather can witness his getting a diploma. Then hopefully we can stay home for a while. May make a trip to Victoria/San Antonio this summer, but the prediction is for a very hot summer.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 20, 2024 10:37:11 GMT -5
Sneakers--Hope AJ can take you to doctor. Waiting on Uber can be a problem. I don't think I've waited more than ten minutes for an UBER except maybe in the wee small hours of the morning.Our Medicare advantage provides 60 trips to and from the doctor a year. Only used it once when pickup was in the shop and wife went to SP and didn't get back in time. But she did arrive to bring me home. They would have kicked me out of Medicare Advantage about the time Dr. Clause started doing the skin graft. It is fiendishly expensive. My Medicare Supplement has been picking up the 20% just fine. I'm definitely getting my money's worth out of the Medicare Supplement. They've processed everything through April 10th.
Glad the storm missed you, but it sure looks bad downtown. Surprised the Astros players and fans could get to the stadium this weekend. The players and fans were in Minute Maid Park Thursday night when the storm hit. Lots of high-rise buildings missing windows. The Mayor of Houston requested that people stay out of downtown until they could get the broken glass cleaned up.A friend driving up north to visit family (and avoid the heat) drove through Houston yesterday and said it was a mess. Hotel where he normally stays was full of residents displaced from home. But was able to find something else. FEMA puts displaced residents in hotels. I spent about two months in one after Hurricane Harvey. I had a room with double beds which I shared with Isaiah. I remember that I went to HEB and bought him some cereal cups as he likes eating cereal. Thought of myself doing Space Station logistics as I bought everything required for him to have cereal: didn't forget to get milk or plastic spoons. I found it quite comfortable. I had my ThinkPad with me. The hotel had Comcast Internet, and when I moved back to the house I discontinued AT&T and went with Comcast. They had breakfast with Texas-shaped waffles.
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Post by patty7841 on May 20, 2024 12:08:11 GMT -5
Soutxed: You must be glad that the Celebration of Life is over. It is so hard to get through. You should get out (to eat, etc.) or relax at home as your SIL is no longer there. That is a big plus. It is going to be hot here this week but not as hot as TX. Take good care.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 20, 2024 21:26:58 GMT -5
Last night, I went to bed a little bit before eleven o'clock.
Didn't sleep well until I got up and got a drink of sugar-free tea about 1:30 in the morning.
Woke up about 5:30 in the morning, sat down in the business room and watched the ABC 13 morning news. Was groggy and fell asleep most of the morning.
The home health care nurse showed up a bit after eleven o'clock. She took my vital signs and rebandaged my left big toe.
When she left, I took my morning pills with a tumbler of sugar-free tea. Waited until just after noon for lunch.
Lunch was a can of peach slices and two sandwiches. The two sandwiches were salami and HEB Provolone cheese on HEB Super Duper Butter Bread.
Dozed off in the early afternoon. Usually switch to CNBC at one o'clock but today I switched over around 1:30 PM.
Watched the KPRC Channel 2 news from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Still seems to be a lot of storm coverage. There will probably continue to be plenty of storm coverage from last Thursday night's storm until CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric gets service returned to normal, which they currently estimate to be Wednesday.
I had John go out to the mailbox about 5:30 PM. No snail mail at that time.
Been watching the Angels-Astros game since about 6:30 PM (saw the pregame). Score currently Angels ahead 9-6 in the eighth inning.
Supper was a can of peach slices and two sandwiches. One was bologna, one was salami. They were both HEB Super Duper Butter Bread and HEB Mild Cheddar cheese.
Tomorrow morning, I will be doing trash day. I will also likely order some food from HEB because we have no sugar-free tea, little bread, and only a dab of milk. Will only have $61 on one of my credit cards to spend on groceries. Should get Social Security Retirement late Tuesday night (late enough that you really can't do much with it until Wednesday).
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Post by Unclebal on May 21, 2024 16:37:48 GMT -5
This coming Saturday I'll be taking part in the school bus driving event I was in last year. It's called the "School Bus Road-eo". They have a course you drive with about ten different maneuvers you have to do. You lose points for doing things wrong. In most cases, speed is not important. We are supposed to take our time. I didn't last year for no good reason, but this time I'll try better. It's back to work for me Wednesday. I'll have an extra route before my own morning and afternoon the rest of the week. It only have 5 stops. Should be good as long as the students behave. soutxed, this is a good time of year for the Rangers to have injuries. The Astros have a somewhat easy part of their schedule right now. Although the division leading Mariners are coming up. It's nice your church has live stream as an option. Did they have that before COVID came along? Nice to hear you can attend a birthday party. A number of months ago, my car was making noise in the engine area. It was a rubbing kind of sound. I never did see anything and the mechanics didn't either. All seems good now. I wonder if I'll ever know. Take care everyone.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 21, 2024 19:10:00 GMT -5
Monday night, the Angels went on to win 9-7.
After the game was over, I joined the CW 39 nine o'clock news in progress. Then, I watched the KHOU Channel 11 (CBS) ten o'clock news. Went to bed after that.
Slept so-so, kept on waking up for comfort stops.
Got up just after three o'clock in the morning. Went in the business room and watched the news.
Also, placed an order with HEB. I fell asleep and woke up about 8:20 AM.
Got the HEB order about 9:20 AM. I ordered the following: Two 1# loaves of HEB Super Duper Butter Bread Four one-gallon jugs of Red Diamond Sugar-Free Tea Two ten-slice packages of HEB Provolone sliced cheese Two one-gallon jugs of HEB 2% milk Two seven-ounce tubs of HEB Uncured Beef Pastrami Two large size packages of Stouffer's Meat Lovers' Lasagna Two 8.25-ounce cans of HEB sliced yellow cling peaches Two eight-ounce cans of HEB Pear Halves
Got the trash ready to take out, Isaiah took it out for me. He took out the rest of the household trash.
Watched CNBC in the morning.
Switched to ABC 13 for the eleven o'clock news and "Jeopardy!" During "Jeopardy!", I got lunch. Had HEB Pear Halves and a Stouffer's Meat Lovers' Lasagna. Let the lasagna cool off until about 1:00 PM.
Watched the KPRC Channel 2 (NBC) news at noon. Had some Red Diamond Sugar-Free Tea.
Watched CNBC between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM.
Needed to go in the bedroom and change my diaper as it was wearing out. Decided I was cold and needed to put on a pair of sweatpants. The air conditioning rains down frigid air from the vent in the ceiling.
Watched the KPRC Channel 2 (NBC) news from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM.
Got John out to check the snail mail. Nothing had arrived as of 6:04 PM.
Now watching the Astros-Angels game. Won't get to watch tomorrow's as I'm going to the podiatrist when the game will be going on. And then, no game Thursday. Then, the Astros will be on the West Coast and the games will be on TV late.
Going to podiatrist tomorrow. May or may not take UBER, depends on whether the registration sticker arrives for the Tundra. Our mail is all messed up, largely because of past weather events.
Don't know what's for supper tonight. I haven't seen anything taken out to thaw. Asked AJ and he hadn't thought about supper yet.
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Post by patty7841 on May 21, 2024 21:41:37 GMT -5
Uncle: Good luck on Saturday with the "School Bus Road-eo". Do you win anything if you do well? Just go slow and you will do fine. Only worry when the car makes a noise and does not go away.
Sneakers: Good luck at the podiatrist tomorrow. It is tough to not get a full night of sleep. I know I had 3 very early days last week. On the third day, my eyes would not even focus on the TV mid-day. It was time for a nap. Slept 2.5 hours.
Have a good Wednesday Everyone.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 21, 2024 22:27:11 GMT -5
Sneakers: Good luck at the podiatrist tomorrow. It is tough to not get a full night of sleep. I know I had 3 very early days last week. On the third day, my eyes would not even focus on the TV mid-day. It was time for a nap. Slept 2.5 hours.
Not sure whether I'm going to be going by UBER tomorrow. Probably will if I had to guess. We have been waiting more than a week for the registration sticker for the Tundra. AJ is very reluctant to drive it without a sticker.
It seems when I wake up early, I then nod off in the business room task chair and wake up about nine o'clock in the morning.
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Post by soutxed on May 22, 2024 8:18:21 GMT -5
Sneakers--If I remember correctly, one can go online and print out a copy of the registration sticker. I think I did that some years ago, but that may be some counties. Mail Monday and Tuesday didn't come but was delivered while we were gone when I had posted a stop mail. Monday carrier didn't pick up a couple of items, (a bill i can only pay by mail and a birthday card for a friend whose party we missed.) I quit complaining to the postmaster, it did no good. Now the postmaster general wants to close the McAllen distribution center and move the sorting to San Antonio. So mailing something from Harlingen to San Benito (adjoining towns) will have to go to SA. You are probably better off with orginal Medicare and a supplement. As I mentioned, I couldn't get one when I turned 65 due to being treated for prostate cancer at the time. I am cancer free now but I gave up trying.
Patty--It was difficult getting through Thursday, but so many friends and family were supportive. Also, our belief in God we feel he is in heaven and not suffering anymore. Waiting on the Medical examiner to make his/her report so wife can get the death benefit from VA. Funeral director can't get an answer from that office. To me, not a good sign.
Uncle--We were not streaming before Covid. We did send cassettes recordings to homebound. When Covid hit, the pastor we had at the time was so paranoid, she shut the church down completely, office staff sent home to work from there. Day school shut for a few weeks until the director re-opened with caution. Pastor led services from her home on Zoom. I couldn't convince her to do services online from an empty sanctuary where it seemed more like a church service, not a bible study. As chair of personal committee, I got a few complaints. Pastor also had asked the bishop to be moved out of the valley. Once she left, new pastor came in moved services to the sanctuary and live streaming.
Wife had early doctor's appointment yesterday. Since I am changing doctors to her clinic, I filled out the paperwork, but couldn't get an appointment until July. If I need medical care before then, it will be at an emergency clinic here.
Painters are about to complete their work. Hoipefully before we leave for graduation on Friday.
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Post by patty7841 on May 22, 2024 17:50:12 GMT -5
Soutxed: I think you can go online in this area to get a copy of the registration sticker. I had to renew my license online this year and I remembered seeing something about being able to make a copy of certain documents while you wait for the official paperwork. Have a safe trip to the graduation this Friday. People are crazy on the roads, even today, with the long weekend approaching.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 22, 2024 18:18:42 GMT -5
Sneakers: Good luck at the podiatrist tomorrow.
Today's was the last fiendishly expensive appointment. I would be flat broke if I had to pay the 20% on Part B but I've got a Plan G Medicare supplement. I paid my Plan G premium for June early this morning. Got up, paid bills, and then went back to bed.
Took an UBER back and forth to the doctor's office. AJ is getting very frustrated about the delays in the mail. At least we are getting what they say in Informed Delivery that we're getting each day this week. Last week's mail is largely AWOL. Got a check for $44.67 from UTMB Health. May mail the check to the bank. UTMB Health figured out that I had a refund coming from them. They still haven't processed the ER claims from the 2nd/3rd and 8th of January yet. Should not have to pay anything between Medicare and my Medicare Supplement Plan G.
Dr. Clause went downtown to the game at Minute Maid Park Thursday night. He said it was quite a storm there. The retractable roof was leaking a lot.
Tomorrow, I may do some laundry. I've got a full basket of dirty clothes in the bedroom. Not much else on the agenda, I got groceries this morning. Ordered them at 3:41 in the morning and got them in the nine o'clock hour.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 22, 2024 20:05:54 GMT -5
Sneakers--Hope AJ can take you to doctor. Waiting on Uber can be a problem. Our Medicare advantage provides 60 trips to and from the doctor a year. Only used it once when pickup was in the shop and wife went to SP and didn't get back in time. But she did arrive to bring me home.
I only had to wait a few minutes for UBER around here. AJ doesn't want to drive the Tundra without a registration sticker on it and he peeled off the expired one. He is very frustrated with the snail mail. I had a USPS person contact me and tell me that they would have it fixed last Friday. They weren't counting on Thursday night's storm.
Got a KIA to take me to the doctors' office and a Tesla Model 3 to take me home. The guy who was driving the Tesla said that he'd only had it two days.
Tomorrow, I'm going to pay the second installment of my City of Friendswood property taxes and my city water, sewer, and trash charges. Property taxes due the end of the month and water/sewer/trash due the 4th so I want to put them in the snail mail with plenty of time.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on May 22, 2024 21:57:05 GMT -5
Last night, the hamburger that AJ was going to cook turned out not to be good so I had a Stouffer's Meat Lovers' Lasagna.
Watched the Astros-Angels game until it went to extra innings.
Then, turned on the CW 39 nine o'clock news that was in progress. Then, watched the KHOU Channel 11 ten o'clock news. Went to bed after the news was over.
Woke up about three o'clock and started in doing my bookkeeping and ordering things. First thing I did was pay the Reliant Energy bill. I then paid for my Comcast Xfinity services. Stocked up on groceries, ordered from HEB in the middle of the night for delivery at nine in the morning. Paid my Discover Card, bought some dog food from CHEWY.COM, ordered some disposable diapers from Amazon, and paid my Medicare Supplement for the month of June. Then went back to bed and woke up on and off for comfort stops. Up for the day at nine o'clock.
Isaiah was up playing video games and hauled in the groceries: One loaf of HEB Super Duper Butter Bread One loaf of HEB Thin Sliced Enriched White Bread Four two-liter bottles of regular Dr Pepper A fourteen-ounce squeeze bottle of Daisy sour cream A ten-slice package of HEB Monterey Jack sliced cheese A ten-slice package of HEB Colby Jack sliced cheese A 2# package of HEB Mexican Blend shredded cheese A ten-slice package of HEB Mild Cheddar sliced cheese A nine-ounce package of HEB rotisserie seasoned chicken breast A nine-ounce package of HEB honey ham Two six-bar packages of HEB Strawberry Frozen Fruit bars Two large packages of Stouffer's Meat Lovers' Lasagna Two large packages of Stouffer's Lasagna with Sauce and Meat Six Red Baron Four-Meat frozen pizzas A 3# package of HEB boneless skinless chicken breasts A 3# chub of 80% lean HEB ground beef chuck Two packages of HEB 25% less sodium taco seasoning mix Four 8.25-ounce cans of HEB fruit cocktail Four eight-ounce cans of HEB pear halves A party size package of HEB Casa Magnifica yellow corn tortilla chips A ten-ounce can of HEB diced tomatoes with green chiles A 27-ounce box of General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal Four 8.25-ounce cans of HEB sliced yellow cling peaches Four eight-ounce cans of Dole pineapple tidbits in 100% pineapple juice A 14.5-ounce can of HEB diced tomatoes
Took the morning pills, washing them down with Red Diamond Sugar-Free Tea.
About eleven o'clock, I ate a can of Dole pineapple tidbits and two pastrami and Provolone sandwiches on HEB Honey Butter Bread.
About noon, I turned off the air conditioning lest I get blasted with frozen air. I then took a shower and got dressed. Then, I turned the air conditioning back on.
A little before one o'clock, I got on the UBER app and set up a ride to the podiatrist's office. I rode in a KIA.
Got to the podiatrist's office at 1:30 PM.
Got right in, sat down in the procedure room, took off my left sandal. Dr. Clause came in the room. He said my wound was "granular" (which is good) and it looks like it doesn't need any further membrane grafts. So, the remaining visits will be considerably cheaper. Although my insurance picks up the whole cost.
Got out of the podiatrist's office, next visit next Wednesday at one o'clock in the afternoon. If we get what's in tomorrow's mail we will have the Tundra's sticker.
Took a Tesla Model 3 home. Asked the driver what he thought of it. He said he was quite happy with it although it was only the second day he had had it.
Joined the Angels-Astros baseball game in progress. Angels won 2-1. No game tomorrow, then the Astros go to the West Coast and the games start quite late in the day.
Watched the KPRC Channel 2 (NBC) news from the end of the game to 6:30 PM.
We got the mail that the Post Office showed in Informed Delivery today. I got a check for $44.67 from UTMB Health. Totally mystified as to why. No indication of why in their online billing system, just that I got a refund.
Listened to SiriusXM on the Amazon Echo Dot from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.
We had nachos for supper tonight. I planned that early this morning and told AJ that I'd gotten the stuff to have nachos.
Called the family. Talked to brother Allen and cousins Janet and Martha.
We have five items in Informed Delivery for tomorrow, including the Tundra sticker. Hopefully, the USPS will deliver what they're showing to be delivered tomorrow.
Plan to pay my second installment of city property taxes and the water/sewer/trash bill tomorrow.
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