alaskanray

@alaskanray (4636)

United States • Age 68

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The Heartbreak of Aging Family

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 17 Aug 12

I just received the news that my sister D has dementia. This is the one sister out of all my sisters that I have come to appreciate. She is the one who has been there to help me when I needed it. Her daughter posted on FB that D...

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Versatility of the Rice Cooker

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 17 Aug 12

I know, I know, you are not surprised at all, right? I mean, I do love my rice cooker and I use it every chance I get. One of my favorite things to do is to just throw stuff in there. I'll take some rice, some stew meat and a...

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Momma Lion!!!

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 15 Aug 12

My daughter is more important to me than anything else in my life. I would gladly die for her, and she knows it. So when someone threatens her peace of mind or well-being, I spring into action. And I am fierce! You might not...

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Waiting to Hear

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 12 Aug 12

Last March I was denied my SSI due to the fact that I had two trailers...the one I lived in in John Day and the one I was living in here in Pendleton. They figured that I had been overpaid SSI by five months...erroneously (it was...

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Fair Food at Home

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 8 Aug 12

My daughter and I used to attend the county fair every year. I think one of my favorite parts of the fair was the food. There was one stall there that served burgers with what they called a relish. This basically consisted of...

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Sister Sister Sister

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 3 Aug 12

What do you do when you are too tired to deal with a difficult person? My sister has Asperger's Syndrome very severely. Because of this she has some problems with interpersonal relationships. Recently I made the mistake of...

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People are Funny

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 31 Jul 12

I recently started a discussion on another site by sharing a quote: "Civilized people do not used profanity and intelligent people don't need to." Most of the feedback I got was pretty positive. The point I was making was that...

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My Poor Babies!

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 23 Jul 12

We have been having triple digits here the past two weeks or so...well, it did dip down into the 90s last week. We held a garage sale the weekend of the 6-7th of July and so had to clear off the big table and take it out to the...

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Cooling down...at last

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 19 Jul 12

Got my a/c installed today. What a relief! First I had to rearrange my room, pulling my bed over against a different wall and facing a different direction. Needless to say, all this sweaty work had to be done in the sweaty heat....

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Very Disappointing

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 19 Jul 12

I recently ordered a portable evaporative cooler. It arrived today and we hooked it up. Now, this thing is supposed to work like a swamp cooler. We filled it with water and ice and fired her up. After an hour or so, the room...

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Farmer's Market

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 13 Jul 12

Today my daughter and I went to the local Farmer's Market here. It was nice that I was able to spend my food stamps and my daughter could buy stuff with WIC vouchers but, really, the prices were unreal! Mind you, I always...

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Why Didn't You Tell Me?

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 13 Jul 12

We are struggling to keep cool in the heat this summer since my a/c isn't really working all that well. One of the things that we've been doing is wetting a wash cloth with cold water and laying it on our forehead or wiping it on...

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New Use for the Freezer

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 12 Jul 12

We are having a heat wave here and since my place has no adequate a/c my daughter and I are waxing creative at keeping cool. One of the bright ideas I came up with has been to take wet wash cloths and put them in the freezer to...

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This is Fixed???

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 12 Jul 12

I recently caught a Trojan on my computer and hired someone to come fix it. He took it for nearly a week and I just got it back on Tuesday. Since getting it back it has actually been worse than before! Suddenly my popup blocker...

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The Healthcare Maze

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 12 Jul 12

My daughter and I watched a movie tonight about some of the Greek myths. One of the stories in the movie was about the minotaur and the labyrinth that Daedalus(sp?) built for King Minos. Sometimes I feel like I'm in that labyrinth...

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Serendipity

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 11 Jul 12

As my friends here know, I have suffered some financial setbacks including a temporary loss of some of my income. At the same time my a/c has stopped working and I really cannot afford to run it, anyway...it's central a/c and the...

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Beating the Heat

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 10 Jul 12

I just got my a/c worked on...both my car a/c and my home central a/c...and neither one works now that the triple digits are here. Unfortunately, at the same time my budget has taken a huge loss so even though I have found a nice...

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Another Bloody Side Effect!!!

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 9 Jul 12

Okay, so here I am sweating a gallon or more per day and worrying about my blood pressure, right? I was unable to get in to see my doctor so I got an appointment at a walk-in clinic. Then I started thinking...what if it's my...

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I Am Officially Freaked

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 9 Jul 12

About a year ago I started sweating...PROFUSELY! We are not talking a normal sweat like when you work out and get the blood pumping. I don't even have to do anything...maybe sit upright for a few minutes or stand for a few...

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Are You Afraid to Return Things?

alaskanray @alaskanray (4636) • United States 9 Jul 12

The other day I went to Wal-Mart with my garage sale money burning a hole in my purse. I decided to see if I could find a kiddie pool where I could at least cool off on these hot days. We are having triple digit weather and I am...

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