All those tax credits under Biden were rolled back. No rebates for installing solar or charging outlets for EV's.

Other administrations and Congress passed laws about fuel efficiency in vehicles and appliances. Trump rolled that all back.

Do we really need gas guzzlers and inefficient appliances? It seems to be in my best interest to have cars and appliances that use less.

Just went through that with my husband. We have no kids and he had no family nearby. For the most part, I was the caregiver in his final days. Hospice nurse came once every couple of days for an hour.

I'm not a parent but when it's my turn, there is no one who is going to step up and help me.

I stopped by a car dealership where the manager offered me next to nothing for two trade-ins. The Nissan I'm driving may be 13 years old but with 53,000 miles, in great shape other than some scratches. Hasn't needed any repairs at all.

So, I'm back to selling my husband's car.

It was mentioned in Heloise's Helpful Hints that I read as a child in the mid 70's. The product packaging has strong warning labels.

Just another example of uneducated people wanting a cure on the cheap so they listen to social media influencers instead of actual medically trained professionals.

I may have to do some shopping and see what's out there. Looks like most e-readers, the screen is under seven inches. Bigger would work better for this nearsighted old lady.

Was re-reading the ninth Outlander novel because I read the other eight and "Go Tell the Bees" is the basis of the new season.

Not that the TV series follows the original novels. Been several deviations.

A tenth novel is in the works and from the title, Jamie is going to die.

I have Amazon fire tablets but there is no Cloud Library app for that operating system. I may have to buy a Android device to access the public library.

I did some reading on my Kindle last night. I bumped up the font and contrast but still go eye strain and had to keep putting in eye drops.

What killed reading for me was cataract surgery. Perfect distance vision but near vision is Mrs. Magoo. Eyestrain takes the pleasure out of it.

Maybe that doesn't really count as a significant medical condition but my eyes dry out easily and reading glasses lead to headaches.

One of those days where everything is fucked up. My body is noticing and communicating with a bad case of hives.

Meds onboard. This itching is intolerable. I want it to stop before I claw myself raw.

Time to go grind some oatmeal and take a bath.

Or beef tallow.

Too much ammonia messes with cognitive processes as I learned when my husband had Stage 4 liver cancer.

Bleach, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide are cleaning supplies meant for external use only.

These crackpots are going to create a call to the poison control hotline.

Some doctors gaslight and give false hope too. Another reason to get a second opinion.

AI was a shortcut to finding links to actual clinical articles about diseases. It's a shortcut to explaining medical terminology I can barely pronounce. I used it to decipher my chart case notes.

I also slept in hair curlers last night. I felt like making myself pretty after months of living in flannel or sweats.

I suppose the next hurdle is finding a razor. It's a little warm for stockings already. But we did get a brief stretch of weather where I don't need three layers of socks.

I intend to liquidate every unnecessary piece of crap in this house this summer. Less to store, less to clean.

I collected a lot of sewing stuff over the years and I suck at sewing. Someone else can benefit from my collection.

18 days ago, I paid my COBRA premiums. Still do not have insurance cards. Three hours on the phone. Ameriben (Anthem) was not aware that I paid.

The hold up seems to be with my hubby's HR director. I have premiums due in 20 days and I'd like to use my coverage, thank you ever so.

Indica is good for pain, sativa gives me energy and creativity.

I'm not out of indica but low on sativa. I like options.

I'm running low on edibles so St. Paddy's day sale is good timing too.

Since it is going to be in the seventies today, I am getting an eyelet dress out of the closet. Sick of bundling up.

Scored it at the thrift months ago but no occasion to wear it before it got cold. Long sleeves, olive green.

Meeting at the bank with my financial advisor.

Delaying one of my errands today since the dispensary has better deals for St. Patrick's day. Buy 1, get one 80% off.

Good time to restock. If I'm lucky, there is a deal on butter at the grocery store.

A tomato sauce makes it Swiss steak and it's often made with cube steak. Salisbury has a brown gravy and uses ground beef. Both are tasty. Both go great with mashed taters and green beans.

I waitressed in a diner in the seventies.

The first oncologist said "we must start chemo today" but did not explain chemo to the patient.

Husband died 82 days after diagnosis.

I did other research too using actual clinical review articles.

AI helped with medical terminology but still needed a trained doctor who didn't gaslight.

When my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroendocrine cancer of the colon that spread to the liver, the GI surgeon suggested using AI. I learned that surgery and chemo would not give him more time.

I did. Then I scheduled a second opinion consult with another oncologist.

In January 2023, a campaign staffer for Herschel Walker's U.S. Senate campaign alleged that Schlapp groped him in October 2022 after Schlapp had been drinking.

How many units of botox is in that man's very smooth face?

On that note, it would have been nice to watch the local news or the Olympics without Rep. Andy Barr R-KY doing ads that are so Trumpy I wanted to toss things at the TV.

"It's not illegal to be a white man" was one of his lines.

Can we triple dose him with glp1 meds so he shrinks to nothing?

The boy dachshund is moving in on the hot water bottle. His sister is sleeping on the pillow, smack dab in the middle of the bed, trying to take over my pillow. They'll move around throughout the night.

Curled up with a hot water bottle at my feet and my nose in a book.

Feeling peaceful.