Daily Notes- Lunch Date got cancelled- Flu or the COVID...New Voting location. Germs.

 Buttermilk Pie Image.  I just like the way it looks... and I bet it's delicious.

1.  Yes, Voting took my Lunch Buddy down.   I always do Absentee (at Town Hall) because there are no crowds and I can use disinfection wipes on my hands after.

2.   I made Vegetable Bean Soup again... made a mistake and opened a can of garbanzo beans.  Instead of white beans,...it will be okay.  I gave it a taste test after it cooled down and before it went into the fridge... Tasty..Good Enough.  I added macaroni....the pasta ....

3.  The book for yesterday and NOT today- Take Me Home....author is Melanie Sweeney.  It has started to DRAG as I near the 3/4 part.  I've started to not really care what happened to these two people.  I even stopped reading and I watched 30 minutes of a Hallmark Christmas Movie.   I've seriously outgrown Hallmark.. and need to delete the movies from the TiVo.  Even Snow Bride made me cringe. And I loved that one. Well, the end was still nice. It was actually a good kiss. Without even being a kiss.

4.  Wrote a check for my "extra" tooth cleaning...insurance only covers two and this was number three. My Dental Gal and I were "seeing what would happen" and now we know....  My next "illegal" dental cleaning (number 4) is on December 15th.  At 79 I'm rather fond of my teeth.  And gums. I come from a long line of old people with false teeth because they didn't go to the dentist.

5.  Well, I need to warm up my coffee and choose a new book for today and put yesterday's book in the bag unfinished.  I checked the sport's page and no soccer today.  So it's Law and Order reruns for the WIN.

6.   Keep thinking  the Garden Fairy will show up to help me empty and haul the planters back to the Compost Bin area.  But MIA.

Daily Notes on Wednesday, November 5th. How many are actually reading this post????

Meyer-Lemon Meringue.  Minus the Meyer when my mom made this pie and she always added coconut to the top.  I NEVER made this pie because husband didn't like it....that says so much about the relationship. 

1.   Lunch Buddy Lunch tomorrow.   We have SO MUCH to talk about....

2.   I finished the Seat Filler and spent some time looking for my "book notebook" filled with book titles I like. I just found it and had to do some clean up and then find a rubber band. Good Times.

3.   I finally realized it was November and changed the desk top calendar.  Five days late.  BUT...I am very very "drifty" these days...just sort of wandering from one thing to another not actually settling down until later in the afternoon.  There is no British Soccer to stabilize the afternoons.  Who knew British Soccer would stabilize my DAYS?????

4.   Have bills to pay today...checks to write.  The Daily Suduko was beyond my capabilities.

5.  The Annual Flower Containers are still on the front sidewalk.... I managed to do all that I am capable of doing at my age.  I did drag them out to the sidewalk in the Spring but they were empty. They are NOT empty so..too heavy for me.

6.  Sidetracked by book lists and Robo calls.   And now to write checks for two bills....and perhaps re-heat my cup of coffee.....again....  I hope you day is more eventful than mine will be- mine is just more of the same- endlessly.

Daily Notes- Tuesday. November 4th. Clouds in My Coffee. Sunshine and 51 degrees.

 Gonna have a series of images of Pie.  This one  Dutch Apple.  Topped with vanilla ice cream.  Images and NO ACTUAL PIES.......

1.  I have apples for my fruit this week but only three and they aren't Pie Apples or Baked Apples..  The Sweet Potatoes are a delightfully filling lunch....with butter and shredded Parm.

2.  I finally have my socks on.. I had to remind myself where I had left them.....sometimes on the table, or the couch or back in the bathroom etc.  I should try stuffing them in my pant's pocket.

3.  I refilled my daily pill dispenser.  Need to order Statin this week. or next. Or right now.

4.  Oil was delivered but no paper bill....so UGH!!!!- I HAD to rethink how to get one printed off on the copier....I did it....and for some reason it did double side which is just so incredible that it can do that. Like it turns itself over all by it self or something.  I know it doesn't turn itself over.....I know.

5.  I remembered to collect and collate the garbage and recycling (yesterday) ready for Tuesday AM pickup. We even had a clear plastic bag of shredded paper.....my daughter's gift of her shredder is on a "learning curve" with both me and my Son.....and it's quite noisy. And if a machine could have an attitude this one DOES.  My son even walked away and looked back over his shoulder at the machine....half expecting it to do something.  

6.  Son has gone out for lunch and is getting his hair cut (shaved) as it got away with itself and I was thinking he was going to revert to long curls yet again.  He's got the most amazing hair.  Mine refuses to curl as much as his does.  I get waves...... 

7.  I am going to dig around in the secondary closet to see if I have any additional fleece or wool sweater/tops.  I'm wearing my 50% patched red wool cardigan today, yesterday and the day before...over a thermal long sleeved shirt.  Still cold....I need something around my neck.  My hands are cold but that has been normal since I was born.  Cold hands and feet... Daughter gave me two fleece pullovers and I wear them most days.  It's enough. But there SHOULD be another sweater.  Grey cowl neck with more patches than sweater.  It's lovely and soft. And Missing.

9.  I recorded some Law and Order for today.   I have books to read so I am planning to do that FIRST.. No Soccer today.  Soccer really helps fill the long afternoons.  Not today.  I have scraps and strips to make a blue square like the orange one.  I could also try and put together...nope- only blue. I had thought I had brought out SOME green.  But it must still be on the cutting table in the Workroom.

Daily Notes for Monday November 3rd. Cloudy and a bit of a chill here in Maine.

 Donuts.  My Grandmother made homemade donuts....even the Jelly Filled ones.  

Yesterday (or the day before) I watched one of the cooking shows and they were making Austrian Strudel. And I recalled stretching the thin see thru dough with my grandmother.   I was TERRIBLE at it.  But I would be so much better now-  I am older and more experienced in cooking but she is long gone-  And I missed her very much while watching that show.... they also made Bread Dumplings- I adored those.

1.  Life is slowing down for me....I've lost interest in quite a lot of things.... I don't feel like this is depression but then most depressed people can't describe what is happening to them...

2.  I opened the door to what used to be husband's closet and found all sorts of nice things- my own clothing. So I pulled out a few items to wear.  Fresh clothing. Almost like "shopping".

3.  It's Monday and I have to collect and get the recycling and garbage ready for Son to haul to the road for pick up tomorrow. 

4.  Football yesterday and after than I went back to trying to finish reading my book...  The Seat Filler by Sariah Wilson.  When I want to read this book I have to order it from another Library.  I'm going to photocopy the cover and try to get  the local bookstore to order it for me.  Last time I asked them to order something I noticed a copy on the bookshelf in the store...they bought a second one for the store.

5.  Well, I need socks and oatmeal....Son is eating LUNCH...I am way off target today.