Daily Notes- Tuesday December 30th. Sunshine here in Maine. Melting Ice. 23 degrees

 Good Morning....Sunshine here in Maine and  23 degrees.  Slippery sidewalks.

I started the day being told I was OBNOXIOUS. In an email. Regarding my opinion of Song Sung Blue movie and the negative reviews......

I am guessing having a "differing" opinion makes one obnoxious... Like the President. Not really sure I should be boxed up with him though.........not same to same... (we do both have white hair but my skin isn't orange).

So far.......I keep waiting to feel sad or something with the name calling but actually...I don't really care what this person thinks of me- as she is often VERY critical of me.  A long time friend who is often mean spirited...she also wants me to donate money to people I don't know. Because I don't "need" it...myself.

Sounds like "Elder Abuse".... three episodes of Antiques Roadshow cheered me up.  A LOT!!!

Daughter is picking up my book....we ordered it from the book store....she is also buying me my new 2026. Desktop calendar. You all know how much I love starting each day with images and my glue stick. Also the weather report. There is a box in the dining room with a few years worth of calendar pages....like a super large diary.  I'm thinking....quite seriously---of dragging out the watercolor paper and brushes and paints and PAINTING.  I'm still a few dozen or so years away from Gramma Moses but... I could start warming up.......

I love that the Sun is shining....makes it feel warm even when it isn't.....That shrub that was bent over and possibly going to crack- is NOW snow free- it all melted in the rain and while still NOT standing straight.... all it's stems are intact...has a good chance of staying upright and alive.  Like me.  Cracked...but not giving up. Still standing upright.  But happier on the couch.  Where I might be a bit obnoxious.

It's Raining here in Maine and eventually temps will fall and we will FREEZE over.

 Sidewalks are clear....soon to be iced over.

Daughter and I were going out today but now we are not....

FOX is no longer broadcasting here on the local channel... I never watch FOX unless it's Sunday and we have a football game.  We had to find another FOX station on the cable offerings.  To watch the game. No idea what has happened..... it's only a "loss" for me for Sunday Football....

I found a "Diet" on the internet. Profile Diet.  50grams of protein/ 45grams of nuts and seeds/ 45grams by weight of cooking oil or avocado/ 20grams of viscous fiber- sounds disgusting (they suggest half cup of broccoli, medium sweet potato and half a cup of brown rice) 2 grams of Plant Steriods... No suggestions.

I already eat most of these things...not the Plant Steriods...

Son has taken his car out and gone to lunch.  

I am taking my coffee and myself to the couch to finish reading my book... I have several Soccer Games recorded....I have plenty to do.....I might even have lunch.. eventually as I just now finished my breakfast.

See you on the other side of this Weather....

Daily Notes for Sunday December 28th.... Sunshine but still very very cold. 34 degrees.

 My Three Pears....

Still cold here in Maine but not snowing... the second card I sent arrived in Wisconsin...yesterday. The reason being a NEW Post Office sorting center.....so..... wonder about the other 14????

The bright spot on the photo is from the skylight...shining on the counter.

I've just rolled some thin sliced baked ham and Swiss cheese up and that's my lunch...we'll make pizza at around 4pm....

A friend sent me a video of Lidia (PBS) making Squash Soup. No sound.

I renewed all the books on my shelf via the internet....in case....we don't get to the Library this week.

Daughter has promised to take me (Monday) to pick up the book she ordered for me and then Staples to buy a new desk top calendar... so I have a Daily Arts And Crafts Project... which I find to be something I look forward to each day....pasting and drawing and coloring on the desk under the keyboard. Even though I will cover up the daily handwritten weather report.....

The repair work on the old quilt goes slowly....the patch strips get folded lengthwise into 1/2 inch wide or a bit more-strips...and sewn to the neighboring strips by hand....with no stitches showing..  Just maneuvering the quilt around takes more energy than the sewing.  I am FAR from done.  I decided to use any fabric in the color of the original but back side up...so it looks faded.

Well, I am sitting here getting cold...and I have a book to read and some football to watch...so I'd best "get on with it"...4 pm we make Sunday Pizza.  Right on schedule.

Daily Notes for a Bright White Saturday in Maine....December 27th. Warmed up to 19 degrees.

 Holiday With The Family.

I watched Groundhog Day yesterday before going to bed....always a delight but as I get older and skip a few years between viewings....it changes...becomes sweeter and funnier...very relatable to my own life.. Now.  In past years the guy choking on his food always reminded me of my husband.  Less now.

We are still buried in snow.   One of my nice tall shrubs is bent to the ground and the major stem is surely going to snap in half sooner rather than later.  I can go out- but I wouldn't be of any use in deep snow other than to fall down and freezer to death (Maine is solidly frozen in the single digits weather wise).  Before being noticed and taken to the Emergency Room. 

I think about the Emergency Room often.  How I do NOT want to visit it.

I've had two possibly three small glasses of water so far today...I am noticing better cognitive capacity if I remember to drink my water. Hydrate.  I had oatmeal for breakfast.  Son fried some of the leftover pierogi with butter and onions for his lunch.... Now the house is very "fragrant".

Daughter and I decided on a Time Out yesterday...after she went thru my cupboards taking out "expired" items.... her father was demented for years before he died....a real "handful" as they say...keeping track of where he was and what he was doing.....and not using a five pound bag of white flour...... was NOT really something I needed to talk about.  Or be reminded of.  

I lost so many of MY remaining years while taking care of him.. I won't be getting a refund....what's gone is gone.... I dumped the flour into the garbage can and walked away.