Daily Notes for Sunday, November 23rd. Sunshine here in Maine. 39 degrees.

Green Bean Casserole.  One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving dinner and leftovers.  I like the thinner French cut beans and not the chunky ones in this image.. I like lots of the onions on top...like this.

1.  Furnace is running and running and running.....trying to get us up to 65 degrees. Might need to upgrade it to a larger unit.  I was short of cash when we needed to replace the original boiler.  REALLY short of cash.  Like worried when bills needed to be paid.  Long ago....but I remember how that felt. I got a job. Paid the bills.  Moving to Maine was a Financial Disaster for us. Two kids in College.  Etc.

2.  I am having lukewarm coffee and.... just warmed it up a second time.

3.  Watched the race in Las Vegas last night... lucky for me the Hallmark Movie I was watching was a repeat.  Ended at midnight. Or around midnight.

4.  Today's Suduko wasn't great....I'll give it another go later...

5.  I read a book.   Now have to choose one for today...possibly two....just to keep me occupied.  I'm figgeting.....happens when I get bored... which is why all the pencils got sharpened.  I might choose a series- that would mean several books from the bookcase..........or I could read the ONE that makes me cry.  Every Single Time.  I try not to read it.   I also could sew strips of cloth into squares....

6.   We'll make pizza at 4.   Watch some football.  Get thru the day.  That will be enough. Will have to be enough.  Furnace stopped running...it's quiet.
 

Daily Notes Written Very Early in the Morning. Saturday, November 22nd.

 Alcohol free lemon tonic something or other.  Need a preserved lemon to make it.  And olives. I have it here this morning because I just like the WAY It Looks.!!!!   In an alternative LIFE I would make this. And have one in the late afternoon before thinking about what to have for dinner.  Like people my age do. In An Alternative Life.

1.  I am re-reading  Meg Cabot's No Offense. And now I want to read the previous book. No Judgement. The title was in tiny tiny print on the back cover of this book.  I am going to order it.  Next up for reading is the Little Beach Street Bakery.   In Love with Love this week.

2.   I saw some British Soccer in the tv listing for this afternoon.....so I am set for the afternoon.  I have cloth strips to sew and my down lap blanket to keep me warm.   It's cloudy and looks damp outside. I tried Hallmark yesterday and lasted only 5 minutes.....I want to watch the long  American Revolution series on PBS but...it's too much (sadness) for me right now so it is being recorded..   I had ZERO Law and Order to fall back on...so I set a long list of them to record.  The red light is on so I think they are being recorded.   

(one thing I got right....when I thought for one semester of being a History Major....)

3.  I do LOVE my TiVo. Best investment I ever made.   I did also like Netflix when I had that.... cancelled it when I went back to WORK full time.... the greenhouse job was strenuous.  Lifting carrying etc.  I got home and just wanted a long hot shower and a nap.  I could not stand, walk, carry and lift for 40 hours a week NOW.  NOT AT ALL, if I am honest with my self.

4.  I've hit bottom on my first cup of tea for the day- need a second... My Son is correct- I am much more coherent WHEN I am well hydrated.  4 ounces of water many times thru out the day keeps Joanne from wondering where she left her socks (and she is wearing them). and DID she have breakfast??????  And not forgetting to eat LUNCH.  I need to fill my glass a third time.  Soccer!!!!!!

Daily Notes on a Sunday Friday in November. The 21st.

 Baked Sweet Potato with walnuts.   I should have nuts in the fridge to add to food.... Today is grocery day so why not buy some nuts????   And that might be cheese melting in the center?????  Bake the sweet potatoes with the Sunday Pizza. It worked out last time.

1.  My books are in the Library Return Bag.....I have ordered a few that are ready for pickup. I don't have a good feeling about them.....I might not like them........walking the stacks- is pretty useless. I'll read things in my own bookcase I guess.  Second reading of Every Tom Dick and Harry was even better than the first reading.

2.  My Lunch Buddy and I never did get to have lunch.  She is still driving husband to appointments.

3.  I found a package of Thanksgiving cards in the bottom drawer- was looking for art paper.  Did find a small pad of watercolor paper- postcard sized....good enough.  I do love painting.

4.  Mended the hole in daughter's sweater...I didn't wait- as soon as she walked out of the house with her brother I went looking for black yarn.  She found boots she likes at the store she took her brother to..... and they were her size and on sale....she was very very happy. I think they also had lunch.

5.  Well. I have to get going and eat breakfast so my blood sugar doesn't tank....

Daily Notes- Thursday, November 20th. Sunshine and 42 degrees in Maine.

 I recall making one of these...once. It wasn't fun.

Library tomorrow....hopefully some books....that I actually enjoy reading....the ones I picked last week. were not so great.   I'm not sure it's the books...it could be ME.

1.  Nothing much going on... five flies on Monday but haven't seen any since.

2.  Daughter and Son have gone on a roadtrip.....for something-  would be nice if they brought home cookies.  For me.  I did get a locally famous Jelly Donut earlier in the week ...was fantastic.  Son said it was the last one- the Donut Makers go to Florida for the Winter.  Every Year.  Before Thanksgiving.

3.  I found my scrappy recipe cards for Microwave "cake" made in a coffee cup.  Looking forward to making one. Not today....Today I still have grocery food to eat....before Friday. 

4.  The Comey Comedy Show is a DELIGHT.  Who knew (gasp) Trump "lawyers" would have so much trouble with the LAW.  Understanding it.  Following it....etc.  This is what happens when you surround yourself with butt kissers??????  Who will ever hire any of them after all this is flushed????

5.  I need a scarf- a chill around my neck....I have a sweater to mend...daughter's.  Black yarn... well, best get to it....and then a book???? or some Law and Order (more likely)...the Hallmark is a sad disappointment.  I've outgrown it.....never saw that happening.  Wow....maturity can be a real bummer.