Daily Notes- Wednesday, February 18th. Bright Sun reflecting off the SNOW. 40 degrees

Tulips....and I like the shed in the background also.  Strong reminder of my Grandmother's backyard.  Just realized that as I looked at the image.  She had long beds of flowers in her backyard...grape vines to the left along the driveway.  Peach and Plum trees. Red Current bushes along the back of the property. A vegetable garden over to the right...

I loved that house, that yard, that neighborhood. I was happiest there. And then never again after we moved.

I was more my Grandmother's Child than my parents.  Until my ninth birthday. We moved and I hardly saw much of her until my college years....when she and my grandfather moved closer to our neighborhood. And then I was married and living far far away.......always.  Every time we moved we moved farther away...then across an ocean......

So...on that less than happy note.......still reading Fast Women.... Lunch will be a Grilled Cheese with Pickles or a bowl of grocery store soup.....I'm thinking the Grilled Cheese will be the winner.

Not much else going on- some Curling later this afternoon...an orange for snack.....daughter took a large bag of Kitchen Things  (still in boxes) to Goodwill.  She'll check out the used book area.... I am still reading Fast Women........we checked with each other and neither of us was ever going to use any of the Kitchen. Things.....some because they had very sharp blades in them....

Daily Notes- Tuesday February 17th. Cloudy, 34 degrees

 Once upon a time...  I taught this class.  I loved making Bonsai.......

Anyway, that's in the Way Back Past......Time Moves Forward.... dragging us along with it.

Sigh...I am hoping for a recorded Curling Match today...don't care what country is playing. I have a book- Fast Women by Crusie to read....the main character is about to have her dull red hair made very bright red. And she is moving into a new place....after being kicked to the curb by a cheating husband... I need my own copy of Fat Women.  No--FAST Women. Made myself laugh.

I also collected and had ready....the Garbage and Recycling for today's morning collection by the Town.  Did not need a reminder.  Extra Points for that.   Minus Points for eating all the Coconut Cookies.  It was that kind of day and cookies were necessary.  

The questions I had about the Guthrie kidnapping were answered by three cable tv stations and the morning paper yesterday....nothing in the morning paper. Today. All the family members cleared of "wrong doing".........a statement many of us were puzzled by.  ALL. Is the word that puzzled me.

Watched it SNOW in California and watched people driving in SNOW in California.... for about 5 minutes.  that's all I could stand.

I drove cars in SNOW in Chicago & Germany......both really scary places to drive in bad weather. But Maine.....might be the worst.  Snow covered ice....wow. Slip and Slide. But Chicago - I am reminded of some EPIC terrible winters.......both times we lived there. And I had to get to work.......somehow. Kids were in college and husband was in Europe....who would have gone looking for me??????? When?

Well, I'm here typing so it was all okay.....ish.

Daily Notes- Monday February 16th....Sunshine....33 degrees and a nice hot shower.

 Image of my all time favorite food...pot stickers....I made homemade ones for quite a few years. They were outstandingly good.......my son made them with me on one of his infrequent visits from his home in California.  I have some store bought ones in the freezer- I just got up to check on them- see if I recalled correctly.

I have a bag of mixed vegetables in the freezer- I COULD pick out green beans and have something very much like this photo. Later today.....I just had a bowl of oatmeal so not ready to eat anything...else.

The Curling.....well, nerves are on edge with fatigue.  Not as many smiles anymore.  More mistakes with the stones.... getting them in optimum spaces.

Turbo Tax is making me an Exclusive Offer (email)  Can I just express my deep dislike for TAXES???? Daughter has STILL NOT gotten last year's refund. Trump fired many of the Tax Workers..  I never get a refund.

Second amaryllis bulb has sent up a tiny leaf tip.....giving it the old Team Spirit Award.  The first Amaryllis has four leaves now and a potential flower.  Even when they arrived as a gift- One was slow and one was quick. Taking after son and I from the beginning. I'm the Late Bloomer.

That's it.....I showered this morning and the shower head leak is in a different spot. And Less of a leak. But I am not counting my chickens as yet.   My hair feels all silky and smooth....well as much of that as it can do........I still think the razor cutting pulled out a lot of hair- roots and all.  Seems thin. But could be OLD AGE.....sigh.   Well, I need some time on the couch- all this stuff I did- I'm exhausted...

Daily Notes for Sunday February 15th.....Sunshine in Maine... twenty four degrees.

I did not get flowers.

But this bouquet looks quite lovely.  Minus the big white goofy ones.

Curling was less than spectacular- I am missing British Soccer.   Movies on cable are dismal.  Everything outside is BLINDINGLY WHITE.  And VERY COLD.

Son stopped by the Library after his lunch and brought me a few more library reserve books....I chose one for yesterday but ended up doing "many more things" that did not involve reading....nothing productive. I did watch a cable "news" show that involved using the F word in every sentence sometimes-often- more than once. I was surprised...thought that word was "off limits" for tv....and the more often you use it the less effective it is.

I have a recipe here for a Vegetarian Tamale Pie...vegetables, beans and green chilies  broiled until charred..  pureed tomatoes.  Topped with cornbread. We have no green chilies.  Today is  Pizza......because it's Sunday.

Saturday used to be Chicken Soup.......for husband....I would simmer chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a stock pot and then he would pick the chicken off the bones and pile noodles in a bowl etc. and add the simmering strained broth.....carrots and chicken.  Made four quarts....four days of soup. Kept him hydrated and he had "vegetables".  Well, a carrot.

I made tomato soup for myself....not the Campbells variety...dark rich tomato in the Vitamix...but when I started having acid reflux with EVERYTHING I ATE- my diet got down to RICE and more RICE and we tried bananas but only every two days.  Lots of steroids.   Was NOT GOOD. Once a week at the doctor's office...blood work.....etc.  It took MONTHS but finally went away.  Never really knew why....