Gina's journey

[ChrissyRyan]

Thanks all for letting me rant about the hate. I try not to let that enter into my conversation.
  Here in WV the natural gas industry is crazy. There are gas lines strewn about like spaghetti in some places. Some active, others empty. Real scary part is those that run/own them have no idea where stuff is. When pressure in the line gets low they walk through the woods, and follow their nose to the leak. Last summer the road dept. was mowing along side the lane and cut into one. No fire luckily.
  Today we are getting FIOS. Its supposed to be better than the Star Link that I currently have. We shall see. As we use that for our cell phones too, its important for us to have a good internet. My phone now will do a dump of messages all at once and pictures come later than the messages sent with them. I am hopping for better service. Another problem I have, and maybe someone has a suggestion. I do get an occasional very weak cell signal which tricks my phone into going cellular, which is so poor it cannot work properly. How can I get the phone to stay on internet while at home?

If by "staying on the Internet" you mean WiFi?
You can shut off cellular data on your telephone.  Go to settings, cellular for that.

That will send all data on that telephone line to WiFi, including Web browsing, email, and push notifications. 

[Lori Dee ✅]

If by "staying on the Internet" you mean WiFi?
You can shut off cellular data on your telephone.  Go to settings, cellular for that.

That will send all data on that telephone line to WiFi, including Web browsing, email, and push notifications. 

This is what I do.

You can also set them by app settings. I have some (off-road maps, weather, etc.) that I want to run all the time. I enabled cell data access in those app settings. Everything else is set to wi-fi only.

[Gina P]

Thanks ladies, I will try that.
Oh, to the question if the tractor had ropes. Yes but no seat belt, so the rollover protection is not much good.
No flat tires just a bit of a lean on 3 wheels, then a serious wheely going uphill, that the brushhog probably helped keep it from going on over.
Talked to the gas company guy today. Seams that the valve thing in the brush is actually another well, that he was unaware of.

[Gina P]

Had FIOS installed at the house yesterday. Hopefully it will remove the blips when things pause, such as the post I posted yesterday that never posted. Supposed to have better latent speed, whatever that means. We will see. Meanwhile we still have Starlink.

[Gina P]

  Its Sunday morning and I'm starting very slowly. The house remodel is very draining both physically and mentally. I have said I want voice surgery but reserved that for when the construction is done. Problem is that, the renovtion, will take some time! Some days that gets me down. Having this weight hanging over me. I know I will get there, but sometimes I get depressed over it. I take time off and go for a walk or do something else, but the weight remains, that it will not get done unless I do it.
   I have been doing PT for my dizzy spells. It is working, no more dizziness, but the therapy gives me a bit of motion sickness which lasts for a couple of hours. Not fun! I have home exercises that I must do twice a day which equals more motion sickness. OK, not sick, just a queasy feeling. 
  Most of this last week has been spent on moving a steel 'I' beam that was holding up the front of the house. Beam is over 20' long and quite heavy. They had placed it under the ceiling and put support posts on the plank floor with nothing under the planking. Then, they cut out the load bearing wall and turned the porch into another room.. The weight sagged the floor planking and the beam/ceiling settled about 3" on one end. I jacked up the house with railroad jacks and heavy timbers. Then built a frame, like a giant sawhorse, to hold the beam, while removing the posts and moving the beam. It is now located under the cut off wall studs and support posts are inside the wall. I used a double 2x10's for the support posts. Now I can remove the remainder of the floor planking, floor beams, and dig out the craw space and start replacing. 
    It gets depressing working like a man everyday. Had a pt appointment last week. Put on makeup and a nice top. All day I couldn't get over how I saw the woman in the mirror. Some days she hides. Then it dawned on me I had make up on, lip stick and my hair had been styled. 
   Had the horses to the vet for their yearly shots and teeth floated, $630. Then the farrier on Saturday $130. 760 dollars in one week, ouch! My dog, JD was neutered on Thursday, over $300. One of those weeks where money is just flying out the window. Being retired, on a fixed income it doesn't come back quickly.

[ChrissyRyan]

Its Sunday morning and I'm starting very slowly. The house remodel is very draining both physically and mentally. I have said I want voice surgery but reserved that for when the construction is done. Problem is that, the renovtion, will take some time! Some days that gets me down. Having this weight hanging over me. I know I will get there, but sometimes I get depressed over it. I take time off and go for a walk or do something else, but the weight remains, that it will not get done unless I do it.
   I have been doing PT for my dizzy spells. It is working, no more dizziness, but the therapy gives me a bit of motion sickness which lasts for a couple of hours. Not fun! I have home exercises that I must do twice a day which equals more motion sickness. OK, not sick, just a queasy feeling.
  Most of this last week has been spent on moving a steel 'I' beam that was holding up the front of the house. Beam is over 20' long and quite heavy. They had placed it under the ceiling and put support posts on the plank floor with nothing under the planking. Then, they cut out the load bearing wall and turned the porch into another room.. The weight sagged the floor planking and the beam/ceiling settled about 3" on one end. I jacked up the house with railroad jacks and heavy timbers. Then built a frame, like a giant sawhorse, to hold the beam, while removing the posts and moving the beam. It is now located under the cut off wall studs and support posts are inside the wall. I used a double 2x10's for the support posts. Now I can remove the remainder of the floor planking, floor beams, and dig out the craw space and start replacing.
    It gets depressing working like a man everyday. Had a pt appointment last week. Put on makeup and a nice top. All day I couldn't get over how I saw the woman in the mirror. Some days she hides. Then it dawned on me I had make up on, lip stick and my hair had been styled.
   Had the horses to the vet for their yearly shots and teeth floated, $630. Then the farrier on Saturday $130. 760 dollars in one week, ouch! My dog, JD was neutered on Thursday, over $300. One of those weeks where money is just flying out the window. Being retired, on a fixed income it doesn't come back quickly.

Gina,


There are low cost spay/neuter vet clinics around.  Look into those to try save money.


Chrissy

[Dawn Kellie]

My wife has horses. They get pricey quick. I tried to talker into getting rid of them when we moved. The look i got could have frozen the sun. She's had horses for over 40 years. We're down to 4. We have to supplement hay right now until we start getting rain. $85 a round bale, every week. Plus the grain. I feel the money flying out the window

[Gina P]

  Rode the horses around the farm for 3 miles. 530 feet elevation gain/loss. Nice ride but Dundee, my horse, was ramy. Throwing his head around and wanting to go, go, go. He is quite a hand full to control at times like these. He was soaked in sweat by the time we finished. The woods were full of flowers, white ones by the thousands, yellow ones, purple ones. It was so pretty. We also rode down a small stream which was nice, having the water splashing about. After the ride we drove over to the next town and checked out a small lake. It was nice to get away from the construction for a day.
   Today is migraine day. They seem to be coming more frequent. I wonder if its the higher Progesterone or this PT every day making me dizzy and sick. Anyway, took my meds and aside from being loopy, the pain should be gone in an hour or so.
   

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

It sounds like you had a beautiful start to your day, I hope the migraines take it easy on you today.

Love always -- Jessica Rose

[Dawn Kellie]

I miss my horse. She was a good girl. I miss talking rides. My wife has several but none I'm bonded with.
I get migraines from time to time and understand the depletion they cause.

[Gina P]

  I decided to plant a garden. As I'm digging out the craw space, I am putting a few wheelbarrows of dirt on some cardboard to plant on. (I believe Davina suggested this method, thanks) It worked great back in NJ when I expanded the garden. Apple trees are done blooming, so they need their first round of spray. The peach trees froze all their blooms off a few weeks ago, when it dropped to 22 and snowed 5 inches. I might spray them to, just incase any survived.
   JD, our dog, is healing well from his neutering. He is 7 months old and very energetic. The vet said he is supposed to take it easy for a week. Try telling that to a 7 month old 'puppy'! He really upset me last night after a day of loving and being exceptionally nice to him, he jumped up on our bed and pee'd. Luckily the new mattress had a cover on it. He is in the dog house now! I gave him a 'time out' in his crate for the night, over in the house being worked on. I hope this works. Dogs are very smart and will do things like this to 'voice' their disaprovall. 

[Gina P]

It was shopping day yesterday. Tractor supply for horse feed, Walmart for dog and people feed.
  I have wanted to see Project Hail Mary since its release. My wife keeps saying another day, another day. I finally just said I was going to see it and if she wanted to come or not I didn't care. When put that way she went.
  I wore a cute pair of purple sneakers, white slacks, a purple top. Added a gold necklace and gold bracelet, purple butterfly earrings. Some make up, eye brows drawn in, lip stick. Wife, jeans and an old T shirt! Just a nice day out shopping and going to the mall. Had lunch in the food court. After the movie, went over to JC Penny's and bought 3 tank tops. I hadn't been to a movie in like 20 years. The last time I almost got into a fight with some rude kids. The theater had wide, electric recliners. What? I was able to bring up my knees and curl up kind of sideways. Since it was an early matinee, there was only 1 other couple in the theater. I was so happy that I cried a little for joy. Today I am helping clear the trails for the 4x4 poker run next week. They tell me it is like 60 miles long and hundreds of buggies show up. Looking forward to it.

[Dawn Kellie]

Sounds like a great time. Tractor Supply comes in second to my local feed store

[Gina P]

Yesterday was, uhh, interesting...A day of helping clear the trails for the Creston poker run, next Saturday. These WV boys like their trails and 4x4 buggies. When we got back, the women had a nice dinner waiting for us. When asked what i thought of it, i struggled to find the words. One lady says treacherous? Yea, that's the word! I should have stayed behind with the other women but they wanted volunteers and I am meeting the locals and gaining friends. My Can Am defender suffered a bit. Broke a plastic panel under the door, when I bottomed out climbing over/ up some rocks. Had a foot of water in the cab when crossing a river. You get the idea. In NJ the trail would have be groomed and trimmed. Here if you can punch through, it is good enough. Being the only woman out in a group of 6 or 7 men was a bit awkward when I had to pee but I managed to go behind a tree. One old guy in the group was flirting with me most of the day. Made me feel good, but also a little uncomfortable when he offered me a banana. (which turned out to be yellow). Whew! 
   Today, its back to work on the house? 
Anybody have a suggestion for a cool bra. I wear a skort and wicking shirt or a tank top, but my bra, which I have been wearing cotton sports bras get soaked with sweat. Usually on a warm day, I resort to going braless and somebody stops to talk. Of course my nips are poking through the shirt making me feel a bit uncomfortable. Any one have a solution?

[ChrissyRyan]

Nipple pads (covers) may be of some help.

Check the Fashion topics for lots of discussions on bras.

You will get responses here too for your bra questions.

I know that sometimes boob sweat can be unpleasant.

I like air conditioning!

Chrissy

[ChrissyRyan]

Gina,


I hope all is going well with your construction work.

Enjoy your horses and your newer property. 


Chrissy

[Gina P]

  Had a dentist appointment yesterday. While scrolling on my phone, i came across a post of Jeff Dunham with his bat mobile. I commented, where is peanut? To which started a long thread of chats back and forth. First red flag, but they were very convincing. Then, we switched to telegram app. A video of Jeff came saying, 'hi Gina, its really me!' Long story short, when he said he wanted me to tell him 'good night' and 'good morning' every day, I knew it was fake and cut it off. These phishing scammers are terrible. Anyway, it was fun.
  Fixed the Can-Am. A little JB weld and pop riveted a piece of aluminum behind it and it looks like new, almost. Cranked up the struts, to the highest setting. Gained 4" of ground clearance. That should help. Had a small tear on the passenger seat, not sure if the dog I rode around with caused it. Anyway put a patch of flex seal tape over it to keep it from getting bigger.
  I had ordered a window air conditioner last week when it was 90 degrees out. Last night it was 28 and today the unit arrived. I might wait a few days before putting it in.
  Also got a sleep appliance from the dentist yesterday. I suffer from sleep apnea and currently use a cpap. This is supposed to eliminate the need for the cpap. I will keep you all posted, if it works.

[Gina P]

  Helped mark the trails for the poker run, yesterday. The dust was overwhelming.  Today I'm taking a dust mask, though I don't think I will need it since we had a small shower during the night. Every one calls me her or she, so nice! I volunteered to clean up Sunday. That will make the 4th trip around this 60 mile loop. It's nice to see the back country but its hard on the body and I ache from being bounced around.
   The sleep appliance is taking some getting used to and I haven't sleep good since using it. I'm sure in a few days I will get used to it.

[Gina P]

  Finally, I was able to sleep through the night with that new sleep appliance. This devise goes over your teeth with retainer like pieces then has a kind of hinge to prevent my jaw from moving back and obstructing my airway. I knew it would take some getting used to but it will be better than the cpap machine. Getting the hose wrapped up around my neck, even pulling the machine off the night stand.  
  Tried to post some pictures of the poker run, to no avail. Help please! What app does everyone else use. Completed the clean up run and had some time to take some picks. Now its back to work on the house. A trip to Lowes for some more floor beams. I was tired yesterday and after unloading the wood and parking the trailer sat down to rest and the wife comes in from feeding the horses with what appeared to be an orange cut in half stuck to her forehead. " I think, I need to go to the hospital. The horse had the tie rope around his foot and I was unwrapping it and he lifter his leg and whapped me with his knee." 2 hours driving, 3 1/2 hours at the ER and the good news is a mild concussion. Never a dull moment.

[Stottie Girl]

Oooh, nasty. Glad your wife is ok Gina, Could have been much worse.