Long Time Between Posts

It’s been quite a month since my last post. I inadvertently broke a rule here and they took my power chair away for a couple of weeks until they began to worry about my sanity. Not sure they know I’m sane yet or not, but at least I have my chair back and can move around outside my room again.

It seems they have an unwritten rule against driving power chairs on the street. I checked the laws for doing the street drives and there is no law against it in the USA or the state of Kentucky. Since I’ve been in a chair for about 17 years, driving all over town alone and with friends it just never occurred to me they would have a problem with it, but alas and alack, they do. I’m sorta under house arrest now, can’t leave the building without a guard to make sure I don’t try to drive on the street again, which puts me in my rebel mood. Not that I have any intention of doing that again, but to be told I am not trustworthy and that I would probably do it again sounds to me as if they are calling me stupid or ignorant, or just plain imbecilic. Maybe if they knew anything about me other than my name they would have a point, but right now it is just plain insulting. The two sisters in charge of the place won’t even say “hello’ to me now, but that isn’t my problem. That one is on them alone. From remarks I’ve heard most of the staff is against them, all wondering what the heck it’s all about.

Ah well, other than that, life goes on as usual. Institutional food is terrible but edible half the time. I have a small refrigerator in my room and keep emergency supplies handy while I am quilting or embroidering things. This is going to be a busy month as far as parties go but I doubt I will attend any of them. After the Christmas party fiasco when the place was so overcrowded no one could move beyond the spot we were sitting and all walls were lined with people who arrived late and couldn’t find a seat I’ve lost my interest in parties. Probably it was due to people being out for the first time since the outbreak of COVID, but still, with all the diseases going around the place I prefer my room where I can monitor who is around me.

I guess I’m just venting at the moment. It’s after midnight and I still can’t get to sleep. I have 4 or 5 quilts to bind but not in the mood just now. TV is acting up so not bothering to try it (the warranty went off in November) so I’m guessing it is the built in obsolescence at work. Actually most of my electronics are acting up except for the cell phone; but give it time. IT’s still under warranty.

Okay, now I think I’ll look for a snack and try to sleep again. This is definitely enough complaining for one night — probably for a lifetime. Need to put in an order from the grocery for delivery later today.

Another Day In The Life

Actually it’s more like another several days lately.  I began looking for the remotes to everything I have that has a remote, finding to my chagrin that most of my electronics in the audio/video field have them.  As luck usually has it, no two remotes are alike and none of them will operate anything other than the one thing they came with.  One would think they would come out with ONE remote that would take care of all of the little boxes, kinda like the Universal remote I once had for the boxes.  Haven’t found one that works yet, so after trying the five that I found, I still had to go on a scavenger hunt for the main one — the one that turns on the WiFi.  Oh, I could have moved the two feet across the room to do it manually but hey, that would have been too easy.  And to change the channels on the TV requires it’s own remote.

My objective here was to find a way to make my soundbar work with the TV.  I’ve had the soundbar a few days and it worked with my phone, my computer, my Kindle and all the rest of the things I play with.  Haven’t checked to see if it also acts as a barber/baker/house cleaner, but it’s been turning things on at will lately, but I really, really wanted to make it work with the TV because that was the reason for the purchase.  So, today, after realizing the TV probably didn’t work was because it wasn’t plugged in (minor oversight on my part there) I plugged the sucker in after going those two steps to reach the outlet, only to be blasted into semi-deafness by the volume, extremely LOUD, that hadn’t been working because, well that part was already explained.  Fortunately I was able to figure out which remote would control the sound (the one to the soundbar, go figure!)  It seems I had managed to pair the two a few days ago without realizing it.  One of my new found skills is pairing Bluetooth things and then trying to figure out which control will do the most to the many devices.  I won’t even consider the ones that have no remote at all and that require a touch-pad,  another skill I’ll have to learn sooner or later.  But I have now managed to get all of my stuff to work with the soundbar now — I think.  I’m even doing a slideshow of my photos on my TV.   This would be quite an accomplishment if the music would play at the same time, but since I’m not all that sure how to do it I have more experimenting to do.

Speaking of experiments, not to myself:  DON’T EVER EXPERIMENT WITH LAME IDEAS FOR ICE CREAM RECIPES!  My latest bright idea was to make the orange/vanilla dreamsickle kind that I remember from last year when I was a kid.  After churning my concoction for the better part of 2 hours I finally concluded it would not freeze, so I dipped it out of the bucket into individual containers and stuck it in the freezer in a last ditch effort to come up with something that didn’t need a straw or a sippy cup to protect my shirts.  This morning I tried it, found it edible but not something I will be tempted to try again for about 50 more years.

So, now for an attempt to add photos here, because I’m not keen on enclosing my devices so you can see each addition, I’m gonna cross my toenails, hair roots and eyes just to see if that will help my search for the things I want.  Then I think I’ll take some typing lessons — again.  It’s either that or find a way to make my fat fingers go on a diet and exercise program.

So here you have it.  I had to add some orchids, of course, and the large one of my canned goods is here because my darlin’ son, Don asked me if I eat anything but beans, applesauce and soft drinks.  The answer is – once in a while I do, mostly fresh stuff though that doesn’t keep well on the shelf!  Ha Ha!  Kids have no respect after they reach 50 themselves!