Thursday and Some Cleaning Today and Lots of Problems

 What a night! It was a nightmare but I think I got through it. About 4:00AM this morning I contacted Cox Complete Care and Chris cleaned up the mess on all three computers. He said the "so called" Amazon guy I spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone with last night was a spammer. He beat me out of $80.00 in gift cards pretending to be with Amazon security. I should have called Cox Complete Care to begin with.

I slept off and on until 3:30PM and since I was suspicious of the guy last night. I contacted Cox Complete Care. I had Chris go through all three computers and clean them up. I was only 10% sure the other guy was authentic after awhile. For one thing, he had a very hard to understand language voice. After the first hour my suspicions were correct. I changed the password on Amazon to keep him out of there. When and if he calls back this morning I will simply block him.

There are three cats out there for breakfast this morning. Inky,  Blondie and the neighbor's large yellow cat. I was able to get food for them out through the garage by being extremely careful. The ground is covered with ice. When it comes time to bring in the bowls, I will step out the front door and retrieve them.

I have had my breakfast but I am nearly out of everything for breakfast....oatmeal and milk and bananas and even printer's ink for my printer. I have some Schwan's meals and they are coming today with a delivery..if they can. We had no trash pickup Tuesday because of the ice. Debbie, at city hall, said when it's as cold as it is, they aren't able to start their trucks.

Inky's father is out there eating now too. Inky and Blondie are still out there too but they are finished eating. I haven't seen anything of Scruffie this morning either. I sure hope someone is feeding her.

It's16 degrees out there this morning. 

By the way, when I went in the bathroom to get myself ready for the day, the cricket began chirping again. I believe it may be in the bathroom cabinet. Later on this morning I will clean out that cabinet and see if I can find it there.

More later... 

I finally went out to the Dollar General Store and bought a few of the  groceries I needed.

And, oh yes..I got hold of my Amazon Chase Credit  card and got the present number deleted and the money refunded and in a couple of hours that's supposed to show up on my account. They will send me a new Amazon credit card with a new number. It will be a couple of days until I get that. They say that I will get it tomorrow but I will be amazed if it comes that soon. They are sending it by UPS if I remember correctly.  

This day has been a nightmare but maybe it's over now. I started my washer with the laundry I had ready to go and nothing happened. I texted  John for advice and then called Steve for advice too. Steve said try the breaker box in the garage and see if one of the breakers was off. I looked and it didn't appear that it was but I flipped in off and back on and that did it. The washer started filling when I pushed it's button. The laundry is done and dried and put away now. Between Steve and John, that mess worked out.

More even later.. hopefully no more problems....

That was too much to ask, I guess. I put down the garage door and something broke. The green lights that are supposed to turn toward one another both face south instead of east and west. The garage door won't go back up. When I try to open it it goes up a little ways but when I try to put it down and I pull the little cord and red knob, it crashes down within 6 or 8 inches of closed. To get it all the way down, I had to pull that chain.   Aaxcel is coming first thing in the morning to get my car out, Then after they take care of some already scheduled business, they will come back and fix the door. He thinks it may be the chain but I don't don't even see a chain. It may be awhile if he is wrong. He may have to order a part.

Always something...

I did get the cabinet in the bathroom cleaned out and organized but didn't see the cricket I thought would be in there. At least now, it is nice and organized.

I have read the rest of the afternoon and finished another book.

It's nearly time for the CBS news so I will get back to this later.

Scruffie and Blondie were waiting for me to notice they were out there and hungry, Scruffie was not here this morning for breakfast so I took the double dish and two bowls out for them. It's still 18 degrees out there and Inky came too and the neighbor's big yellow cat...all for a meal. I couldn't let them be hungry when it's so cold out. Their water is frozen solid too. I will have to be careful the possum doesn't come to eat. I am not feeding any animals but these cats.

It is nearing 7:00PM and I need to take a bath and wash my hair. as soon as I can get those cat dishes in.

I will go to bed pretty early....probably 8:30PM. I did not sleep well last night with all the worries about the spammer.

 

Wednesday and Ice Outside too

 I slept in on the trundle of the daybed last night to avoid the chirping of the cricket. Darn thing! It quieted down after I went to bed there though. I figured if I went back in the bedroom to sleep however, it would just start chirping again. 

So it's nearly 6:00AM and I am not yet dressed.With this ice on the road, I will not be going over to Coffeyville in the dark and on ice to go to breakfast with Bob. I will wait a little longer to figure out whether I can go to my 9:30AM hair appointment.  

In the meanwhile, I will go get dressed and get myself ready for the day. So more later... 

I got myself dressed and ready for the day. I texted Bob and he is having his breakfast of toast and coffee. I have my oatmeal done and am eating my breakfast bar. I haven't heard any chirping yet from the cricket. But I am not holding my breath. I don't plan on going to Coffeyville yet. I will wait until 8:00AM and see what it looks like then. I may have to cancel my hair appointment. Probably will....

More later...I am going to go turn on "the weather on the '8's" and check out the cats.

There were only two cats out there this morning.It was my neighbor's big yellow cat and Inky. The big yellow cat would not let Inky eat so Inky left. Darn neighbor's cat!

When he finally left, I went out the front door and picked up the two bowls and put some water in their water dish. It probably immediately froze. It's only 16 degrees.

Toni, my beautician , just texted me to see if I was coming over for  my hairdo. I asked her what she thought and she said she was only able to make it because of her 4 wheel drive truck. I told her I should probably not try it and I would just shampoo my own hair this evening and hope to see her next week.

I hate that. I am used to letting her do it for me but I can do it. My hair is very short.

More later...no cricket chirps yet... It's 7:54 now. The CBS news is next and I will watch that now.

So more later... 

I watched the Channel 6 news for awhile and then turned to the CBS news and as I ate my lunch, watched recorded episode of Dateline. Then I went back to my book. I read until I finished it and then began another. 

It is 4:25PM now and I just ate my banana supper. I haven't been out of the apartment all day except to go to the mailbox and pick up my mail..such as it was.

I haven't heard a chirp all day out of the cricket.  If that doesn't change maybe I can sleep in my bed tonight. I slept fairly well on the trundle last night but I always do better in the bed.

I will need to take a shower this evening and dry my hair after I wash it. I hope I can do something with it myself. I never have been too good at doing my own hair.

I will catch the 5:00PM news this evening and the evening CBS news after that. 

I really need  to go get some groceries but I hate to drive on ice. The only wreck I have even had was when I was working for the Good News shopper. I went up over the overpass at Coffeyville and realized I was driving on black ice and tapped my brakes carefully to get stopped six feet from a car that was wrecked and turned sideways just in front of me. Then I looked in my rear view mirror and saw three vehicles barreling over that overpass.. driving way too fast to stop and one by one  they crashed into the back of my new car. The worst thing was the deputy sheriff who investigated the accident. All three drivers confessed they were driving too fast too stop and crashed into the back of my stopped car. Then he informed me he was call it "no fault". That was going to cost me the deductible on my car to get it repaired.

I made an appointment to talk to him about it and he never showed up. Then I made an appointment to talk to the sheriff  about it and he never showed up either. Finally, I called the Kansas insurance commissioner and explain it to her. She said "give me an half hour and I will get back to you on this". I thought "Yeah, you will.."...but she did and she got that taken care of and I got my deductible back. She later ran for governor and I voted for her. Kathleen Sebelius was her name.

More later...it's time for the news. 

I watched the news until I checked my e mail. There I saw I had been hacked and someone had charged  camera for over $3100 on my Amazon account. I called Amazon and Their security worked several hours trying to get the mess cleaned up. The security place closed at 7:00PM our time but the security person lives in California so he will call me back in the morning. He discovered someone in China and someone in Russia had hacked my computers. He advised me not to use the computers until he could get them cleaned up. 

So I won't be online for awhile.  

I was unable to sleep much all through the night so I contacted Cox Complete Care and Chris there said the hacker was the spammer I had talked to last night all evening. If those "dummy transactions" of $40. gift cards show up on my Amazon credit card I will just have to pay them. They are not able to be cancelled.

He went through all three computers and cleaned everything up.  What a mess.

Tuesday and Ice Out

I slept very well and after hearing a dozen chirps as I was reading last evening. Then by the time I went to bed...not a peep.

I got up shortly before 6:00AM, got myself ready for the day and had my breakfast. 

When I checked the cat situation, I found two very cold hungry yellow cats. I fixed their food and when I took it out front I noticed it was slick as the proverbial snot. I had to be very careful taking that food out there. I could have broken my neck. They were so busy eating I was able to get back into the apartment through the front door. Thank goodness because it's 13 degrees out there.   None of the other three cats wanted to brave the elements for food.

More later... 

The cats ate as fast as they could and left. They also left a mess. One of them spilled the cat food from the little blue bowl. I got the broom and dust pan and cleaned it up. At 13 degrees out there, their feet would soon be frozen. I hope they found shelter in this freezing weather.

It's almost 8:00AM and the chirping is back in the bedroom area. I have looked everywhere in there and  have not been able to find it. I guess I will just have to hope he has a short lifespan. 

My new thermostat batteries stopped working last night and I could not tell what temperature it showed. This morning I put a couple more of new AA  batteries in it and it is working fine again.  Always something it seems. 

I texted Bob earlier this morning and he is sleeping much better now. He needed a new mattress. He bought one last month.

I read all afternoon and the cricket has been chirping all afternoon. I have moved my pillow and quilt over to the trundle under the daybed.

I will have to sleep on that trundle as long as the cricket is still chirping.

I am watching Bull...I recorded it last night.

I will take my bath at 7:00PM and read until I can get through this book and then go to bed after I finish it.  

 

Monday and Slick Streets

I stayed up until 10:30PM last night and finished my latest book. I will check out another one later this morning if I don't have another one I haven't read already.

I was up shortly after 5:00AM but slept well. As I was making up my face this morning in the bathroom, I heard the cricket cheep once. It sounded like it was in the bathroom cabinet. I may take everything out of that cabinet later this morning and reorganize everything and see if I can find him in there.

I have had my breakfast and am working on my Chai now. 

I checked out the cats waiting for their breakfast this morning and there were three out there. My neighbor's big yellow cat, Inky and Blondie were out there. I took their food out through the garage as usual and found a thin coat of ice on the sidewalk as I was carrying their food to the front door area where it was dry. It was misting out there. At 17 degrees they ate fast and left for somewhere they might have some shelter. I didn't see Scruffie. If she still has that little yellow kitten, she may be trying to keep it warm. Who knows...

We are forecast for snow and freezing rain tonight.  

I texted Bob a little while ago and he said Coffeyville has about an inch of snow and freezing rain now.

I will stay in today...that's for sure.

More later... 

I have read most of the afternoon on another free book from  Amazon and then Suzanne called and I shared the news about Keith and Esther' coming visit with her. 

She shared the most recent news about her sister Judy who seems to be having a hard time with her memory  ever since her auto accident last year. Her sister also had to have her full sized poodle put down. It began having major health problems and at age 12 I am not surprised. Judy, her sister, is only 81 or 82 so I am surprised about that. Maybe I shouldn't be. That problem began after she had a wreck with her car a year or so ago.

I have fixed  myself a meatloaf dinner from Schwan's. I am letting it sit a minute or two in the microwave like it suggests on the package. I cooked it 6 minutes since my microwave is only 700 watts.

I had better get it and eat it now.  

I had my lunch and  cleaned up after it. I read most of the afternoon and then watched the CBS news. 

I cleaned out my closet after hearing four more chirps out of the cricket. I couldn't find it in the closet. I may have to sleep in the den again if it doesn't quiet down by my bedtime. I plan to take my bath at 7:00PM and then read until I feel sleepy. Then I will go on to bed.

I don't know what I am going to do about the cricket. Now I hear him in the den. Or it could be a different cricket. I can't move that daybed out to check it out. I can get the trundle out but not the daybed....always something! It's just as I was afraid of...there one in the den and also one in the bedroom.  I've heard the chirp in both rooms. I pulled the trundle out and got a very bright flashlight and looked under the daybed. I didn't see a cricket there. I also looked behind the computer armoire. Nothing there either.

What a mess. I used the same bright flashlight and looked in the other two closets in the bedroom too, under the bed and behind the headboard, and also under the cedar chest...nothing. This may be a fun night!

 

Sunday and the Superbowl

I slept well last night and got up about 5:00AM after getting up in the night only once.

I have had my breakfast and coffee and am now working on my Chai.

I opened the front door to Scruffie this morning. I hadn't seen her for a few days and had just about given up on seeing her again. By the time I got her food out there, the neighbor's big yellow cat came to eat too. Scruffie opened her claws and made a pass at him and ran him away from the dish she was eating from. She is very intimidating and is afraid of none of them. He has finished one bowl and is working on another now. Scruffie is eating from the double bowl....which is plenty of food for her. She just ran him off from that second bowl he had moved to. :)

I will watch the "weather on the 8's" until the local weather comes on before I change  to channel 6. Yesterday the weather said rain today perhaps changing to snow. 

It's 19 degrees out there today...brrrr very cold! Now they have moved the snow to Monday. I am not looking forward to that.

Now Inky is finally out there too. I will leave the bowls out there until they all finish. All four of them are now eating now.

This afternoon at 5:30PM, I will watch the Superbowl.

More later....

I began to watch the church service from Toronto and about halfway through it Keith and Esther called. They are having their 10th anniversary in April..on the 22nd. They want to come see me and let me share in their celebration. They will fly here on Tuesday the 20th and stay until the following weekend. They will rent a car at the airport in Tulsa and drive to Caney from Tulsa. I am so thrilled! They wanted me to contact Leslie and see if she and John could go with us to Bartlesville to have their anniversary dinner on the 22nd.  After they hung up I called Leslie and she thinks that won't be a problem. In fact, if we go to Independence for lunch on Wednesday the 21st, she can meet us at Sam's there and  have a fish or shrimp dinner and also get to see some of John's art work there.

Both Keith and Esther have had the covid and so have both John and Leslie. I have had the first vaccination so we should all be safe. I get my second vaccination on the 26th of February. I am just delighted!!

I guess I will go read my book now. 

More later...

I read my book until time for the superbowl game and then was disgusted by all the penalties Kansas City pulled. Besides that Mahones was not 100%  this game.  They mentioned in the pregame that after this game he was going to have surgery on that broken toe.  Between that and the head injury he had at that last game, he just wasn't with it this game.

They lost this game big time!

I went back to my latest book after the game and stayed up until 10:30PM to finish it. I took my bath after that and went to bed.

 

Saturday and a Worship Service

I slept very well last night since I stayed up until 11:30PM and finished the book I was reading.

I got up shortly before 5:30AM. and dressed and had my breakfast and then I came in the living room with my Chai  and opened the door to see how many cats were out there waiting for their breakfast. There were only Inky and Blondie. I took all the bowls out anyhow because others may show up if the see the others are out there eating. 

I am watching the "weather on the 8's" this morning. It's supposed to rain this afternoon and perhaps snow. I am not looking forward to that. In a bit I will turn on the CBS news and later the Channel 6 news.

I have watched the news and ate a breakfast bar. I also had my Chai.

This evening at 5:00PM I will watch the Toronto service. It will be held today (Saturday) since the Superbowl would interfere on Sunday.  

I had a cup of hot chocolate earlier this morning while I was watching "Lucky Dog".

It's pretty chilly today at 34 degrees and it's supposed to get even colder. I will probably stay pretty close to home. I have several pieces of reading material on my Kindle and it was charged last night so I guess I will stay in today and read again.

More even later....

I read most of the afternoon after I started a new book.  Then I watched the worship service at Toronto, Canada. 

Then I came in the living room and watched part of the CBS news. I recorded it so I can watch it later after I have my bath. It is 6:25PM right now and I have had my banana for supper. When it get closer to 7:00PM, I will take my bath and then go back to my book until bedtime.

I read until after 9:00PM and then went on to bed.

 

Friday and A Nothing Particular Day

 I was up at 5:00AM this morning, dressed and got myself ready for the day. I have had my breakfast and coffee and will soon get my Chai and check out the cats. It's 6:36AM now and I also want to watch the "weather on the 8's" on TV so I will get back to this after I get those things done.

I got my Chai and then opened the door  to only three cats. There were two yellow cats and Inky. As soon as I came in one of the yellow cats left...without eating. Weird...So Inky and Blondie are the only ones out there now. No Scruffie again this morning. 

I don't have a plan for today. I got all the dusting done yesterday afternoon except for the den. I will do that today and then I am going to try to visit Nancy again today and hope her stomach is settled today. I will wait until after noon today to try to visit her.

More later...  

I couldn't figure out what to have for lunch so  I just went out to Sonia and ordered their three piece chicken dinner. I won't do that again. It was way too much food for me. I ate it anyway but I sure won't need another thing today.

I read my mail...what little there was...mostly trash that went into the kitchen trash. I started another book and have been reading in it since noon and it's 2:32PM now. So far, I'm not impressed. I am so tired of just sitting around reading. I told Nancy yesterday that I would get back with her today but she may still be sick. I will call in a minute to see.

So, more later... 

I called her and she answered and so I went over there  and visited her for two and a half hours. She wants to go to lunch next week. I told her I would call her Monday or Tuesday and have her get dressed and we would go to lunch.

I am going to take my bath at 7:00PM and maybe read the Kindle on my phone until bedtime at 9:00PM or so. I am charging my regular Kindle now.

I got interested in the book and stayed up until 11:30PM and finished it.  Then I went to bed!