8/18/25 - Meals

I hope cousin #3 is doing better now. I've overheated once and passed out when working in the yard. Pretty dragged me into our Daytona and drove me to the ER. (I was sure I'd have to replace the tranny when I got out of the hospital but it was fine. She drove in 1st gear the mile to the hospital. She never learned how to drive a stick shift.) I know that charitable donations of items/clothing must each be documented as to the type of item and the estimated value of the item you're donating and where you donated it as well as filling out a form for the IRS but I can't remember what form. (We had to do that when we were donating clothing/furniture when we moved to this house.) If your charitable donation is more than $5000, you'll need to get a qualified appraisal of the items. (We decided that was too much trouble and expense so didn't bother.) For cash donations over $250, you have to have written documentation from the person/charity acknowledging the donation and the amount along with a written statement detailing if you received services or goods in exchange. Donating stuff and writing it off on your taxes is a pain in the tush! I hope you won't be in as much pain as you think you will and it will be done quickly. I ate a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast, ate the last of the baked chicken with some of the potatoes and onions for lunch and just ate a bun-less hamburger for "supper" at 3 am. I shouldn't need breakfast this morning. As long as I can still see when Pretty is ready to go grocery shopping, we need some things from the store today. We have at least one more day at 101F or higher before it cools down according to the weather predictions.

Sorry to hear about that. Also no fun with that test, sorry! I didn't know you had to report donating things.... not that I have or will but interesting to know

I had a renal ultrasound done years ago. I want to say that they had to have an RN in the room to put in an IV and then monitor me during that as it had a dye in it for the test. It was so long ago, it could have been another test, or they could have changed the procedure. I remember my niece, Stacey, was the x-ray technologist, and explained everything to me step by step.

I donated plenty of things to the charity when we moved, but we are no more allowed to deduct charitable contributions. Well, I was happy to donate instead of throwing.

Let's see the heat makes me not want to eat mush but I had boiled potatoes and some fried chicken fingers, A dish of chocolated ice cream and a cupcake,

Hope you can get an answer on what you need for the donations (IRS). Sounds like a huge pain in the butt to try to get hold of anyone there. I hope you'll be able to do that ultrasound. Sounds like it could be hard for you . Last night we had brown sugar rubbed pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes and roasted carrots.

Not sure how much you have to donate now to get a tax slip but Goodwill used to offer them routinely.

I ate some black beans with meat and spices last night.

I know it’s a pain, literally. But it’s necessary! Glad your cousin is okay, sorry she got overheated. Chuy’s for lunch, three different kinds of hash browns for dinner. Fiber, sorbet, applesauce, yogurt!

I just donate anymore and do not care about claiming it on my income tax. Did you ever get ahold of the IRS.

Glad she will be coming over. I never claim deductions for what I donate. It's just a pain. You would have better luck calling a tax person for the information. The IRS is one of the departments that was gutted of employees

One thing about the IRS; the only time they are an easy "contact" is when they want to contact you, and you owe them money. lol For dinner we were still in Memphis and after spending the day at Graceland, wound up at another barbecue place called Corky's. I had beef brisket with mixed greens and macaroni and cheese on the side. Very good eats, although I flipped the bill on this one. Wasn't too bad with 5 people at $180 with tip.