have heard from some of our neighbors....one is having theirs cleaned....5 inches of mud  .....,our house is toast....still standing but all windows and doors and screen porch is gone...glad we were sold etc....

So very sad for everyone.

Good morning Kitty, Susan, Paul, and all.  Warm mornings and days, love it.  A little warmer in NYC than

out here but still love it.  The ocean heat doesn't reach 175 miles inland.  We get lake effect snow from

almost the opposite direction.  The meteorologist says we even get rain off the lakes.

I'm sad to hear Kitty's old home is so broken apart.  I still remember when Kitty had all the windows

replaced with hurricane windows.  Most likely some of Kitty's paintings on the walls and floors were

damaged. 

Kitty, I remember back in 07 and 08 when this forum and stopping were all new.   Very painful but every

day was an adventure into our new world.  I stopped smoking so many times, like many, but my longest

was 11 months if I remember right.  Had a run in with a corrupt manager, there were many of them in

the industrial electronics industry. 

Wife finished her second surgery, this one was much rougher than the first but hopefully the result is good.

We go back in for a check up early this morning.  Her eye feels like there's something in it but will go away,

hope.  A nights sleep can make all the difference with an eye, as we all know from all our years on this earth.

I got disgusted with my dental group, will change to my wife's if I go back.  I was supposed to get cleanings

for a $10 copay but they wanted $20 with the cleaning and exam separate charges.  They told me that wasn't

it, so called my insurance company and they said it was the reason.  Dentist office said the finance office would

call me back but never did.  Then from my xrays they said a nerve had changed in one tooth and it needed a root

canal and crown.  I didn't have it done and the next time they tried to schedule the procedures and a payment plan

since my insurance didn't cover it.  I called back to get the name they said was wrong with my tooth,  didn't tell

me and again no call back.  Tooth is still good with no problem and no pain.  Red flag is getting bigger and brighter.

I can't believe a doctor way high in the 6 figures would be trying to get more money on unnecessary payments

from older patients along with damaging good teeth.  Probably a common thing.

I'm sure everyone is enjoying the good weather.  I finished cutting up the dead tree in the back lawn yesterday

and will move all the pieces across the road when the lawn dries a little.  Another tree fell exactly where I wanted

it with no damage to anything, sorry we lost the tree though. 

Ernie

Sanibel Island

Thanks Ernie...many good times and memories on that porch...I understand that Ian took it off the house....

Hi everyone,

Thanks for posting the pictures. We had the pleasure of visiting one year.  It was Paradise.

There should be regulations in place for price gouging.  I feel that seniors should be given a break for medical treatment including dental work.

I hope your wife’s eye is better today.  
 

Warm and sunny here.

Halloween was fun with my granddaughter.

Having great difficulty with getting it to post!!!

Yes, a beautiful day. Supposed to hit 75 here this weekend. Somewhat scary. 

You need to have a dentist you trust. Anyone really, doctors, mechanics, electricians. We are paying for their expertise, and everything becomes more expensive technology advances. But it's not good to feel cheated.

I voted today. Polls are open 11 days in NY. I can see being open the Saturday before for people who need to work, but 11 days seems excessive. Hardly anyone there.

The head does look real.

An ex-girlfriend loved haunted houses. But I never found them scary because I knew we were going into one and it wasn't real. 

It is scary to me.......but then I am from the Midwest.  Your door and steps look inviting.  Did you have any children come looking for candy?   LOL    Susan

I voted via mail...... wondering if people are watching that TWO first-class stamps are needed to mail,  There may be many envelopes that end up in some dead-end box.    Conspiracy theory?   Hm... Laughing out loud.  These days, everyone thinks there is a conspiracy theory one way or the other....

Susan