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My ‘Forever Home’

I got my garage door fixed today. For the first time living in this house, I have a working garage door. It only took 16 years.

But, let me back up a little and ‘splain ya a little bit. I got my settlement earlier this year and it was for a lot less than I thought it would be. I thought about it and talked to God and decided to invest in my ‘Forever Home’ because that’s what this is:

I was able to get my very first washer and dryer that I bought NEW myself! I got the air-conditioning fixed, (I was without central air for nine years and depended on the window air conditioners that my brother bought me and Sean in 2016), and my ducts cleaned.

Because of that huge Wallside sale, I got windows for my house and I was able to get my Mom attic windows as well. She IS my caregiver! I can’t exist comfortably without her!!!

garage door is the last of my improvements for now. I’m out of money for that. My Mom took a video to show the garage door operating and I gasped when I saw it and told that that is the first time I have ever seen a working garage door in my house! I still have 313 payments until I own it, free and clear. Maybe that will be Sean’s job in the future…

My Nerves are NOT!!!

I recently reposted posts that I’ve written as I’m trying to piece together this terrible summer. I posted this video and talked about how I felt. I posted this on June 20?! I still had two more months of summer to go?! I will repost the video and then I will ’splain ya why I posted it:

I think it was at the middle of May where I started moaning when I was brushing my teeth. I didn’t think anything of it at first, but as this summer continued and temperatures remained as uncomfortable as it remained. I felt like Anne Hathaway.

The moaning progressed to louder moaning And I would just drag my toothbrush across my teeth. My eyes would also sting with the possibility of tears coming out. I think it culminated a couple weeks ago maybe when the moaning led to my eyes stinging which culminated in me holding the bottom of my jaw with tears streaming openly down both sides of my face!!!

It took me a moment to realize what was going on, and I barely could make sense of it because it was so uncomfortable outside as well as within my own body.

I had a few conversations with my previous hygienist because a few months ago because my gums in the front of my mouth were feeling crazy! I thought there was something wrong! So I talked to Kristen about it, and as I was telling her, I realized that there is NOTHING wrong with my gums or my teeth at all!

I have been getting my teeth cleaned every six months religiously since Sean was three years old and he started getting his teeth cleaned. Before I had him, I was lackadaisical about making appointments like that. But now that I had a child who needed dental care, I had to give him a good example!

My Mom was extremely concerned as I sat there, holding my jaw, and crying! I told her that I am fine! I know that I am fine because I get x-rays every year and I get my teeth cleaned three times a year now. I told her there is nothing wrong with my mouth! My teeth are fine! My nerves are NOT!!!

As I said this to her, I was barely convinced myself because I use an electric toothbrush now and the vibrations as I’m brushing my teeth, during this heat, was just about unbearable!!! Other times, my Mom will look at me as I’m moaning with tears streaming down my face And wonder why I am doing it. I tell her that, “I need to have clean teeth!”

I think it’s pretty cool that I brush my teeth silently now as the ’Ber are just about here!!!

I Kind of Like it!

My windows are in and they came super early in the morning! I am so tired! Originally, I noticed the big window in my house before I bought it. In 2025, we do not have the artisans we had in 1951 so we had to change it up a bit, but I kind of like it!:

My house is in disarray still because we had to move it to make room for the people to come install the windows. It reminds me of the front window that is in my Parents’ house so I grew up with it.

I am officially into my Fall flavored chapstick. Just in time because I wore my coat out today because it was cold for me.

Executive Decision

I made an executive decision. I am on my last tube of Cucumber Mint chapstick. I had forgotten to use my Dragonfruit Lemon a few Saturdays ago. I was recovering. I haven’t used Dragonfruit Lemon in a while, actually. The Cucumber Mint is softer to put on my lips.

Because I have not used the Dragonfruit Lemon one, I decided to just have a Dragonfruit Lemon weekend so I used it on both Saturday and Sunday because I was not going anywhere. I have about a half of a tube left of that one. I know that I have Açaiberry in my basement, somewhere, and we should get it for next summer I think.

This is My Life.

I messaged my doctor’s office on MyChart last night and I awoke to an answer this morning. I felt completely satisfied! My year is 100% planned and I 100% know what I need to do for my upcoming procedures for the year. I only have one more.

I don’t know how this happened or even when but, this is my life. I’m really not sure how I feel about it, but I am doing it.

I will call for my bone density scan in October for my first appointment of 2026. I really can’t believe this is how it is, but it is.