The bidet seat attachments work well and are much less expensive than the fancy toilets. Although, there are some expensive attachments that can do all sorts of things. I'm fine with a cold water spray. Bidets are popular in Asia. We had them in Singapore but they were separate fixtures. They are extremely popular in Japan. They have super fancy ones there that play music/white noise to drown out the sounds of people using the bathroom (because apparently they find that embarrassing), air freshener, soap spray, heated seats, different spray types/angles, customizable LEDs, and blow dryers for your butt. Some have remote controls to open and close the seat & lid and others have sensors that will automatically open and close the lid. They also have tech that will analyze your excrement and give a health report. Not sure how that all works. The ones that are heated & make white noise are common in public restrooms according to my brother from when he visited. He stayed in a cheap hotel but it had bidet toilets with a bunch of fancy features. I wouldn't mind slightly heated water, but I don't need all sorts of fancy stuff. As it is, my bathroom will have a shattaf instead of an actual bidet seat. That will make it easier for me to wash the bowl out and rinse along the rim.
Mitchell, I think those are good ideas for house building. If I ever build a house (or have one built), which is highly unlikely, I'd want to have more outlets in places. Our house doesn't have outlets in the hallways and some rooms only have one outlet and others only have 2. My bedroom has 2 outlets total and its a decent sized room. Like 12'x20' (rounding up). A bunch of our appliances share the same outlets.
On the party lines, when we first moved back from overseas in 2001, we started having problems with our phoneline. one day I happened to see my neighbor dicking around with the box for the phoneline down the road. Didn't think much of it. He somehow illegally tapped in to it so he could use our line and not have to pay for his own. Not sure how he did it, but after that we would sometimes not have a dialtone and we could hear the neighbors talking on our line. Our bandwidth on the landline dropped so low we couldn't even get dialup. Dealt with that for a couple of years because Bell South refused to fix it. Ended up getting a 2nd line which worked and didn't seem to be sharing with the neighbor.
Every time I see House Hunters or one of those programs where people are saying they want new builds bc they won't be any problems I facepalm. I watch Matt Risinger's 'The Build Show' on Youtube and he shows houses under construction and criticizes all the things being done wrong. Improper electrical, improper plumbing, things not level, huge gaps, cardboard used as exterior sheathing instead of using plywood, mdf, or densglass. Talked about how you should always try to find out who the builder is and look at their builds in progress (if possible) to see if they have good quality. My sister's house is only a few years old (well, it was when she bought it) and I noticed the bathrooms didn't have vent fans.
So, Tuesday I took my brother to pick up his new glasses and headed straight to the DMV where he renewed his license so he's now able to drive again-- and he can see! He told me he hasn't been able to see anyone's faces since his old glasses broke a few months back. Mom was angry that we didn't stop at Samsclub until I explained samsclub wasn't even open yet and wouldn't be open for another hour & that he needed to go to work early that day. Went and did the curbside pickup yesterday at Samsclub. Stopped at the Chinese place and ate. Then had to grab some stuff from Walmart.
I've got a curbside order with them today for stuff that is hard to find in the store because they are so disorganized.
Still getting sinus headaches but feeling much better. Mom has been feeling worse though. She might have bronchitis so I need to set her up with an appointment. I talked to the Advanced Diabetes Supply people about getting her insulin pump and CGM. I explained that she had some brain damage from the diabetic ketoacidosis and has been finding it harder to handle things and that I'm her caregiver so I have been making calls for her. So they have my number and both of our e-mail addresses to send messages. I am a bit concerned bc Mom expressed to me that she's been having such a hard time focusing, forgetting things and comprehending things that she's not sure she can do her taxes. We'll also need to get a printer to print the taxes bc our stupid HP always says its out of ink or that the ink is not valid or some bs when we try to use it. It's several years old and the ink costs more than a new printer.
I did go for a walk the other day, which made the dogs ecstatic. Weather is currently too cruddy for going out though. Also, our landline seems to be fixed for now and Fedex called the house about making a delivery since the drivers have been getting chewed out for the problems I've had with them. A delivery driver called while I was on my way home and had Mom come out bc he was too scared of the cow to get out of his vehicle. Apparently he didn't know female cows could have horns and Mom had to explain to him that she won't bother him if he doesn't run. She only chases if people run since she thinks they want to play. I used to sort of play tag with her when she was little (before she grew horns) so its great fun for her.
Scheduled curbside order for this afternoon and will try to take out trash and such.
