We Tipples Party Hard!

The proof is this picture taken by Scott earlier today while we were playing dominoes ......

By the way, before you hit the stores looking for your holiday gifts, please check out Sandi's store at iOffer

Lady Sandra: My Latest Projects--- Tie Blankets and Crochet Bab...

 Sandi's latest projects.....

Lady Sandra: My Latest Projects--- Tie Blankets and Crochet Bab...: The last few months when I have felt well enough, I have been working on some tie blankets and some shell crocheted baby blankets. The sport...

Lady Sandra: Updates!!

Lady Sandra: Updates!!: Sorry, I have not posted much with my health issue and Kevin has been having trouble and I got the Ok to be able to drive; so, I have h...

Lady Sandra: Clearance Christmas Items!!

 Sandi has marked down a bunch of things in hopes of raising a few bucks toward her cancer treatment stuff this month. New year with a new horrible deductible. Whatever inventory she has left after the 19th will be donated to a local church that has helped us from time to time for their use as they see fit.

Lady Sandra: Clearance Christmas Items!!: Today, January 12, 2014 until my birthday on January 19 th ; all Christmas items will be marked clearance in front of the item and pric...

Lady Sandra: Snow/Snowman Projects to make

Sandi is working on a few things and here are her latest project ideas....

Lady Sandra: Snow/Snowman Projects to make: As I stated before I get a lot of project dealing with snowman; so, here is some more interesting one to do. Snowballs for Sale Orn...

And, in case you have not checked it out in awhile, her store is here on iOffer. I'm really suprised her Walker Caddys are not selling as I like mine and they were a big hit down in Florida among her fellow patients.

Sandi Crafting Christmas Vests

Yesterday afternoon before the storms came rocking the neighborhood Sandi was out on our back porch working on another project.

I am sure these will be up for sale on her iOffer store here pretty soon.

 No doubt she will update her blog here when they are available.

Crafts by Sandi

Sandi makes stuff because she likes to do so and because it helps keep her mind off of things. A positive attitude and trying to avoid all stress is very important for cancer patients. Especially terminal cancer patients like Sandi. There is a lot of stress here, between what you know about and what you don't, and making stuff helps her frame of mind.

Sandi's Store is at http://www.ioffer.com/users/sanditipple  Lots of good handmade stuff there and she has added some brand new things. She lowered prices yet again in a desperate move to try to sell some things. That means you are not paying for the time it took her to make something--you are only paying for materials and something toward shipping.

Her blog on crafts, gardening, and a few other things is at   http://lady-sandra.blogspot.com/

Please spread the word about her as we truly need all the help we can get. Thank you!

Sandi and her Crafts

Sandi's Store is at http://www.ioffer.com/users/sanditipple  Lots of good handmade stuff there and she has added some brand new things. She lowered prices yet again in a desperate move to try to sell some things so she is not charging for her time.

Her blog on crafts, gardening, and a few other things is at   http://lady-sandra.blogspot.com/

Stuff for Sale

Things are very rough here money wise which is why I updated the donation button over to the left. I had hoped that we would never have to ask for any help again, but, Sandi's new bout with cancer and unpaid medical leave changed everything. Donations are always helpful and very much appreciated, but if you would like to have something physical for your dollars, here are a couple of ideas.

My wife, Sandi, has been making craft projects for years. What first was done as gifts for family and friends has expanded and she has stuff  at http://www.ioffer.com/users/sanditipple She has lowered her prices to the rock bottom to move things.

Back in 2010 l Karl set up a deal at Amazon for selling things under his online moniker of THUNDERCATSNYY. is store sells video games, movies, my old books¸ and other items. The store is at: www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy and changes almost daily because he adds things to replace stuff he has sold. 

And last, but not least, take a look at Barry Ergang’s books from his personal library for sale at http://barryergangbooksforsale.yolasite.com/ He sells a few and adds a few a couple of times a week so even if you looked before and did not find anything that strikes your fancy, surf over and take a look. Barry is once again contributing 20 percent of what he sells to us to help us out. You can also his fiction at  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GXMF86 and http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cassidy20.

Thank you for the support.

Kevin

Medical Update--The Latest On Sandi's Feet

Sandi had another therapy appointment yesterday afternoon with the physical therapist and the news was not good at all. The therapist now believes Sandi has the exact same injury in her left foot and leg as she does in her right. Apparently the tendon on the left side is also now trying to pull away from the bone in her leg. While that left foot is not booted as of yet, the therapist believes that it needs to be. How she will walk at all around here with boots on both feet I have no idea.

The therapist was very blunt in his assessment yesterday and thinks it will be months before she can return to work. Of course he does not have the final say on any of this as that is up to the doctor. Her next appoint with the foot doctor is November 30^th when he will reevaluate her status.

Sandi was very upset and depressed about all this when she came back home yesterday. I kept trying to point out that a year ago she was coming off knee surgery and about to get a terminal cancer diagnosis so things could easily be worse. Been there and done that. So, as bad as this is, at least this year it is not cancer and she is home for Thanksgiving.

In the meantime, while watching TV and listening to me yell at football teams and curse politicians and news readers, she has been making things like crazy. That means she has been able to add some new product to her store on iOffer at: http://www.ioffer.com/selling/sanditipple
 

She does do special orders by request and has other things not shown on the site. So, if you don’t see what you are looking for ask here or contact her through her crafting projects blog at:

 http://lady-sandra.blogspot.com/

The pictures come from earlier this week when I finally convinced her she looked good and to let me take one so others could see.  Considering where she was a year ago and where she is now, I think she looks fantastic.  

Kevin

Breakdown City

Everybody has those days when one thing after another breaks down. This is our tale of woe…..

Earlier in the week one of the toilets started leaking. Not the best way to start the day at 6am by stepping into water all over the bathroom floor. Karl got the water shut off and we all got the water mopped up before it flooded elsewhere into our apartment or the neighbors. Took a couple of days but maintenance fixed that by replacing the water line into the toilet and putting a new bracket on it. So, the toilet once again worked.

Along Wednesday or so the stair case rail came off the wall in the midst of one my falls.  I think the rail gave way and helped cause my fall because the brackets snapped when I leaned on it. But, maybe I fell onto it first. Not really sure it all happened so quick but falling all over the stairs was not helpful. New brackets had to be installed and they were giving me something to hang onto on the stairs.

Wednesday the knob on the washer literally came off in Karl’s hand. That meant the washer was down and we had a ton of laundry to do. Maintenance came, put the knob back on, and discovered the water still would not come on. Parts, including a new circuit board, have now been ordered and are supposedly on the way. Meanwhile we remain washerless so some things got washed in the bathtub today and hung out on the rail outside to dry. I suggested to Sandi that we give the neighbors something else to talk about by flying a few of her bras off the rails but she declined and was not amused.

You know, when we were dating I used to be hilarious. Sandi often tells me now I am not funny. I have no idea what happened.

Friday the Verizon modem went out taking out the DSL connection and removing us from the internet. Karl still has a deal with T-Mobile since he has a cell phone with them so he came up with a workaround using some gizmo that is a “T-Mobile Hotspot” to get us back online though things are really slow and sporadic. In the meantime he talked to Verizon and they shipped in a new modem yesterday. The kid can’t read or write above second grade but he sure can talk tech with these guys!

So the modem arrives, instructions are followed, and we still have nothing. Made multiple attempts and still nothing at all. No point in calling anyone over the weekend as there is nothing they can or will do. It remains down, doing the same thing the other one did, so despite their assurances it was not the phone line and it was the modem, it looks like Verizon was wrong. This is not the first time we have had major issues with them and I am not a happy camper.

Neither is Sandi who was trying to update her blog today at http://lady-sandra.blogspot.com/ which she was finally able to do. She also managed to get into her store at http://www.sanditipple.ioffer.com/ and lower some things again to try and raise some money. So, please take a look if you get a chance.

Finally and hopefully last thing---this afternoon I am sitting on the end of our bed and suddenly there is a huge crunch and the bed lurches downward. I get up to discover that the wheel on one corner of the bedframe along with the supporting material of the frame had all broken and ejected out from underneath the bed. Sigh. Just from sitting there.

Needless to say with all this going on I didn’t get to work on review stuff like I wanted to do this weekend. Hopefully that will change over the next couple of days because losing time just puts me further and further behind. It is also very discouraging and I don’t need any help being depressed these days. Can do that all of my own without any help!

Kevin

A Sandi Update

Sandi updated her blog today with her post on “Update On Our Outside World.” She included her latest pictures of the various plants growing in containers on our porch. If you scroll down a bit you can see pictures from earlier in the planting process. We have been lucky that what little hail has hit here has all been small in size so far and thus hasn’t killed anything as has happened in past years.

Having finished her latest craft project (19 coasters of various types for a client) Sandi has also updated some of her stuff at her store at http://www.sanditipple.ioffer.com/ 

She continues to feel better than she has in months and is tending to seriously overdo things at times.  I’m doing my best to slow her down and get her to pace herself. It is not easy. She finally has some energy back and sees all these things she wants to do that have been stacking up around here. She can't wait to get back to work and desperately wants clearance from the doctor to drive. She remains convinced everything is fine.  We should know just how right she is later this month.

As for me, I remain committed to being “that weirdo on the porch” to my neighbors---by day or night.

Kevin

Holiday Goodies

If you are tired of fighting all the brick and mortar store crowds and sick of all the usual internet sales sites, and want to support your fellow writers and their families, I have a couple of links for you.

Barry Ergang just updated his books for sale at http://barryergangbooksforsale.yolasite.com/ He says he just added a bunch of mysteries yesterday so even if you looked before and did not find anything that strikes your fancy, surf over and take a look. By the way, Barry is also now up with some of his older published stuff available on Smashwords. You can search under his name or go directly to his stuff by clicking http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cassidy20

My wife, Sandi, has been making craft projects for years. What first was done as gifts for family and friends has expanded the last couple of years into a business of sorts. She has started trying to sell some stuff on iOffer. Her store is at http://www.ioffer.com/selling/sanditipple?order=1

Barry’s efforts and my wife’s efforts got my son, Karl, thinking about what he could sell. So, using his online moniker of THUNDERCATSNYY, Karl set up an account over at Amazon to sell stuff and has had some decent success moving electronics, movies, and a couple of other types of items. His store on Amazon is at: www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy and changes almost daily because he adds things to replace stuff he has sold. He also set up a deal on iOffer to help move some of his Mom’s stuff and other items he can’t sell/list at Amazon via www.thundercatsnyy.ioffer.com

So, there you have it. A shameless plug for folks you know and their families. By all means, I am not saying don’t shop elsewhere or don’t give to your favorite charity. I am saying that if you want to buy from folks that you know and trust, and want to know that your monies definitely helped folks in need that you know, we are here and could use your help and support.

On behalf of Barry and my family, I thank you.

Kevin