Re: OT/MamaSher/My pink fishing pole, and other Sunday ramblings

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Mama-Sher, if you go to the Austin Craigslist you'll see that folks

are very much into bartering around here. Maybe certain parts of the

country are more into it than others. I think it's a great way to keep

things out of the landfills. I always check the " Free " part of

Craigslist too, 'cuz ya never know......

I think one of the things we're all learning with our disease is to

pace ourselves with whatever we may be doing. I managed to do the

dishes today, laundry, AND cook dinner, but it took me hours because I

would stop and rest. I can't stand at the sink for very long because

of my back, so I can really sympathize with you on that issue.

I hope you're resting and feeling better!

Hugs!

Babs

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> Babs... I'm glad you are feeling a bit better. At least I see a post.

> I love bartering but seems like people don't do it much anymore. I

can never seem to find a good " barter " where I come out even. LOL.

> I like Craig's List too...........

> I've been working on my little " project " for a few hours. Boy, I

poop out a whole lot sooner than I used to. I could work on a project

all day long... now my arthritic hands freeze up and my back hurts

and.........wah wah wah............heheeee

> Typing a little bit loosens my hands some so I've done that now I

think I'll go watch some TV.

> Later gator!

> Mama-Sher, age 69.IPF 3/06, NSIP 4/08 OR.

> Don't fret about tomorrow, God is already there!

>

> OT/My pink fishing pole, and other

Sunday ramblings

>

>

> Chaz bought me a pink fishing pole the other day at the Bass Pro Shop

> in San . We were going to go out fishing in the boat today at

> Canyon Lake, but he has another one of his headaches (not sure what's

> causing them, we think he needs an MRI and he has no health insurance)

> so instead I'm sitting here at the desk playing around on the

internet.

> Just as well, because we forgot that I don't have a fishing license

> and I'm such a namby-pamby that I won't risk being caught and fined.

> No cashola for the dang thing anyway....sucks being poor.

> Do any of you barter? Just asking, 'cuz that's how my Chaz got his

> boat. There's a well-to-do builder that he works for, and Chaz just

> asked " would you buy this boat for me in exhange for underground

> utility work " and the man said Yes! Done deal. The Chaz loves his

> boat, and the builder gets his works done and charges the customer

> more than the asking price of the boat. So really, the only one out

> anything here is the poor homeowner, and they are VERY wealthy and can

> well afford the overage, and of course they get their underground

> utilities put in. That's me justifying the whole deal....

> We did some other bartering recently too, and I got some lovely

> jewelry out of the transaction. Just seems a neat way to me to rid

> oneself of stuff not being used, and gain something you need. Well, I

> didn't NEED the jewelry.....LOL!

> We also planted some veggie plants today. We do our gardening in

> containers to make it easier on me. We planted squash, tomatoes,

> jalapenos and hmmmmm....forgot what else. Now that there's a Home

> Depot only 4 miles away we should be able to keep a very lovely

> container garden. My one rose bush that I planted is doing

> spectacularly well, and one more is on the way. I'm going to

> eventually plant them in half-barrels. Trying to dig holes in this

> Hill Country rock is next to impossible.

> Chaz just came in and said No Fishing today. His head still hurts.

> Gives me time to get my license and be legal.

> The next thing we may barter for is a motor home. That's the only way

> to go camping, in my opinion. Well, other than a Holiday Inn....LOL!

> Oh, this all reminds me of the biggest barter we ever did. When Chaz

> was 35, he got food poisoning, which caused a UTI, which in turn

> caused peridcarditis, and he had a mild heart attack. We got him to

> the hospital in time and there was very minimal damage done. The real

> damage was to our finances, because at that time (again) we weren't

> insured. The cardiologist had just bought a house and needed lots of

> electrical work, so Chaz performed $4k worth of work on his house in

> exchange for all of the doctor bills! We still owed the hospital $4k,

> but were able to pay them off slowly.

> So, we love to barter. We check Craigslist every day for things, which

> is how I got my jewelry.

> Ummmm, I gotta go now. Craigslist is calling my name......

> Hope each and every one of you is enjoying a lovely Sunday.

> YAY for Spring!!!!

> Hugs!

> Babs

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