An update...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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…to this thread. Concerns that my father’s fatal heart condition could be inherited landed me at a cardiologist’s office for an echocardiogram. I finally got the official report back – my heart is healthy and of normal size! I only have to go back if I have any symptoms.

In other news, a close friend of ours in town took it upon herself to give my unlisted home phone number to one of the “Red Hat” ladies in town. (The friend swears she thought the “Red Hat” lady wanted to call and find out how my mom is doing, or invite her out to lunch with “the gals.”) This lady, whose husband spent last month pestering my mother to let him sell my dad’s trucks, called my mom to find out how much we want for the house. I’m giving serious thought to giving up my land line. We haven’t even started cleaning the house out, mainly because we have nowhere to put the furniture.

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fantastic heart news.

good heavens… that is quite the couple there. i’ll bet you and your mum aren’t the only ones they are pestering.

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I’m glad to hear your heart’s okay. That Red Hat “lady” needs a lesson in manners. You’d think if she’s old enough to be a red-hatter she’d know that what she did is just plain wrong. I think we should start putting rude people’s pictures on billboards, so we can know who to avoid.

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Vultures. You know they’re hoping your mom will be so upset and stressed over your father’s death that they’ll be able to badger her into selling the house on the cheap. Bless their tiny little hearts.