Now, these days I fill it with others' opinions on important topics and put my fur babies' representation at the end of all my blogs, but with love for them all and the feeling so many others can say it better than I!
I choose wisely, at least I try to.
As far as doing things going out... the PANDEMIC put a nix on most of that, sadly and since Hurricane Ian hit on September 28,2022 we are still reeling from that and trying hard to get back from that... oh don't get me wrong this time we were considerably lucky compared to many.
We did not lose our roof as our next-door neighbors and across-the-street neighbors did. We were fortunate that we had shuttered up. And the house was easy to stay in due to not too much damage.
We did get a bit of flooding that came in our front door, we had those new floors that were waterproof no issue there, once the floor was mopped... and garage got flooded too but did sustain damage to cabinets and possibly the freezer from the sewers not being able to handle the fourteen inches of rain that inundated us... and FEMA who we have been paying for twenty-four years for flood insurance did pay our claim as fast as they could of 25K, concern also for our HVAC outer component(so far so good, although in Dec. something did happen, it was repaired for $150), as did Progressive on our travel trailer that paid 2K, the only one that did not pay as fast or as much as they should have was Tower Hill, and when they gave us only $2700 for our exterior damage we were not happy so we turned to a law firm, Farah and Farah and they received over 40K, and from that, we got 30K, so even though Hubby began the repairs with our own money there is still much needed to be done...!
By December 5th, I had my major nearly four-hour surgery, the surgery was supposed to be September 30th, but the hurricane ruined that...! Then seventeen days later, I was back in the hospital with what appeared to be an MS relapse, and it proved not to be, although they initiated a round of five days of plasmapheresis, which oddly enough, brought my hovering around 50GFR to 95GFR, and no more CKD!
Then I went back on January 5th and had tested by the hospital for COVID and I had it, I had had all my shots and boosters, and they gave me a prescription for medication, and I took it, next, and several days later, I had severe vomitting and diarrhea and ended up in the hospital again with critical stomach issues that I was put on an antibiotic drip for a few days. They wanted to keep me longer, but again I left against their wishes as I had in December after a few days after surgery!
The roof on one of the barn sheds was compromised in a corner, and that will be addressed, the dock is totally destroyed as well as the pergohut. Loss of items in the 4'X16' side shed had to be tossed, and replaced by two 4'X7' sheds in metal.
The fence has been repaired with six-footers as before. Although the pool privacy fence has not been put back, Hubby is back and forth on whether there will be another. The travel trailer has also been fixed, and the money given was more than enough.
We live on a saltwater canal, and we were supposed to get a rush of water during the storm 18 feet high, but again we were wonderfully lucky, and not only didn't we get it, the water just made it halfway onto our backyard lawn! I was concerned because we were told to evacuate, we had had car trouble and could not... I even had life jackets for the fur babies ready to go, under our bed in water-tight containers... as it is that saying, about all dogs know how to swim, is NOT true! All dogs do not.
This made us understand where we need to fix the areas of our home, and the shutters worked perfectly in 155MPH sustained winds, a Category 5 hurricane. So did our glued and screwed roof!
We must either sandbag in front of our door, and garage then stormwater could not come in, or put another metal or rubber trim on both.
Although the new garage door was replaced before Tower Hill paid due to a tree stump damaging it in the heat of the storm,...the new garage door meets all the Miami-Dade hurricane requirements for being a safe door!
Our front door is a steel door that probably just needs a better bottom seal.
The two back glass doors should be replaced because they are nothing more than storm doors that are supposed to go in front of regular doors. Storm doors??? Maybe they can stay! Anyway, they have shutters over them when there is a threat of a storm! No problem there!
The cylinder cement seawall collapsed on the end so Hubby has been working on that too!
The front picture window is 72" tall by 112" wide and has galvanized shutters for storm protection that are quite heavy, so as Hubby gets older they have become an issue to put up...!
So we solved the problem and with some of the insurance money, Hubby bought a new roll-down automatic shutter with manual backup, just for that one, all the others are lightweight in comparison. It is on its way!
Hopefully, I will be able to get rid of those ugly vertical blinds and use the shutter nightly for privacy although that window has the tint on them for during the day, you can see out and no one can see in, but at night the glow of the TV apparently makes it so you can slightly see in and now with the shutter, we should have total privacy day and night. It's a win-win no doggy can't harm the shutters which are outside on the windows!
So that is what we have been up to personally.
MY MUSES are below!
3 months and 4 years old, now 5!
I am called Aussie because my mom asked a sixteen-year-old girl looking at me in the crate I was in at the adoption site that day what she thought I should be named. Mom asked her age, but not her name...ha! And without hesitation, the teenager had said Aussie! By the way, she was just looking, so my mom did not steal me from her.
We never found out the girl's name; mom liked Aussie too. Since then, we have discovered that it is a ubiquitous name, but it is still just right for me! My parents think that I am uncommon, even say unique! I do like that.
I am an Australian Shepherd, a red Merl. And here is an interesting factoid about me was supposed to be a miniature Australian Shepherd, but as you might know, I AM NOT! Although I am now five years old, I am the baby, though I am the largest of the fur babies, and due to my breed and being standard, I am a bit too big, ha!
I was three months old when Mommy and Daddy adopted me. I had been taken- out of a hoarder's home in the Carolinas with my litter.
Above is my PIC, taken on the birthday I share with my dad, but dad is much older than me!!! I was the first to be adopted, on February 16, 2018, on Dad's brother's birthday.
I was turned in by my previous family, stating that I was misbehaving with their elderly dog it had been said that I was driving him crazy! I was the second to be adopted on 8/18/18 on clear out the shelters day!
My record called me Belle, so for no known reason, Mom decided I was more of a Bella; beautiful either way!
Hey, wait! Please don't forget me! I am Chance, pictured above, a Bichon Frise! I am eight years old, so they think, and the eldest, and I like getting up early with mom and Aussie. Bella sleeps late with Dad, till after seven most days, even later sometimes!
I enjoy a good tug-a-war on the ropes, that Dad had twisted for Aussie and me, and sometimes even Bella plays too! I was the last to be adopted on January 23, 2020.
I had been wandering the neighborhood for days, and then I saw Aussie and Bella in their living room window, so I hung out there...
The animal control lady had been called and came out to see if I had a chip I.D. with her machine, and Dad told her that he wanted to name me Chance. His reason is that if no one claimed me, "I want to give him a second chance!" So that is how I got the name Chance!
The Animal Welfare League checked me out and kept me for sixteen days until I was allowed to be adopted. Good evening.
Easy as Aussie, Bella, and Chance, now you got it! In order of adoption!
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