Wednesday, November 20th. Dark and damp here in Maine but unseasonably warmer than usual. Oh, now there is Sunshine.

My coloring page from yesterday while watching a recorded episode of High Potential (it's quirky and interesting).  Using my set of 49 Prismacolor pencils... I am wanting the larger set of pencils. I can't JUST watch TV...I have to be doing something else..used to be hand sewing but now it's coloring. You asked and I am happy to give my "Prime Readers" samples of my work.

I watched Leonardo on PBS last night.  He was really something.....amazing.  I have it recorded and will watch many times more- the music was...gosh.  So good. I wish we had had something like this to watch  when I was in college studying art....I would have been more scholarly. Instead we had lazy, half asleep professors boring us to death....if they said anything at all. I did get a 4.0 in watercolor. I already knew how to do that.

Ohio University is known to be a Party School.  I just found that out. Explains so much about my four years there.  I had no clue.  One night, recently, when I could NOT fall asleep I rewrote an English Paper...I had actually read the book-by now, not then. It still makes me laugh. That I wrote it in my head before falling asleep. Better 60 years too late than never.

We are going to Staples today to see what they have in the way of colored pencils and I will venture into another Hannaford grocery store and "finally" buy oatmeal... we keep forgetting.  I do much better thru the day when I have oatmeal......a bit off center without it.  I had shredded wheat this morning....... 

Yesterday at the grocery self serve Hot Bar I was asked for assistance with the way it goes...by two women not speaking English as a first language.  I explained how they could put anything in the box- I used my hand s to say "mix" and then pointed to the front of the store to say that is where they pay. One had a very good idea of what I said and told the other in their language...

While we were at home eating my daughter and I wondered why I am always asked for help by foreigners.  We think it's because I look approachable....I once helped a Japanese man...he showed me pictures of the food he wanted on his iPhone and I took him to where that food was shelved.  He bowed and I smiled.

I can admit to feeling very happy that I could help.

Bob and Rowena just came to my door to share words of God's whatever... I said no thank you. They seemed very nice.... I am now imagining my Son coming down stairs if I invited them in.....wow that would have been something.....not that I have anywhere for them to sit...boxes are piled everywhere. Being sorted... We did Quilting Tubs yesterday....oh, my. Letting Go. Hard Work.  I wonder at night, if I will miss any of it....but daughter and son are good- if I hesitate- they keep whatever it was......no questions.

Daily Notes--Tuesday, November 19th. 48 degrees and Sunshine. Highs in the 50's later today.

 I'm going with no image today...the file is almost bare. And what IS there looks like Christmas.

Today I am going out with my new Assistant--(daughter) and we are stopping at the grocery to pick up my prescription and a box of Oatmeal.  My son has retired from the Assistant-ship Position he has held for one year.  I would have to wait till Friday (regular shopping day) to go to the grocery store........with him.

Then she and I are going to shop for colored pencils. A larger set with more variety.

There is somewhere else we are going- oh, Reny's to look at stuff and perhaps buy something. Or not. And possibly a book store-- to just look around..

The Oil Truck arrived and filled the tank in the early part of the afternoon....oil was way less expensive than it was on the previous delivery. I turned the thermostats up to their normal setting...and the house was nice and warm....in about an hour. The Account is now in my name.....I guess I passed the "credit check".   

This "credit check" bothered me- as a widow.  My signature is on all the checks written to pay the household bills and it's been on the checks for over 30 years here in Maine...but suddenly with husband's death- I had to have MY CREDIT verified in order to get Oil Delivered.  What if I hadn't had a generous balance in my Own Checking Account?????? Would oil have been delivered yesterday- would the house be warm this morning?????  The Joint Account means nothing after your husband dies....because my name is the only one on it.........

I think my Bankers thought I was okay and didn't talk to me about this.....I have my own account and checking etc. And I was okay. But the questioning of my resources was a surprise.  A direct hit.

But all is well that ends well.

We might eat lunch at a fast food place....get French Fries.  I'm pretty excited.

I've noticed that no one is commenting any more....is it because I have gotten boring and you stopped reading the Daily Notes?  Or is it because NO ONE is actually reading the notes anymore....sigh. I know the blog posts aren't very interesting...but right now...I'm not doing much more that eating reading and sleeping.  I took a shower today and am still recuperating from it.  I even have on fresh clothing and my red sweater.....I think I combed my hair.  I might have forgotten to moisturize my face.

Monday yet again. November 18th. 40 degrees, cloudy and damp.

No image today.  The desktop of images is bare....

I am awake but haven't had breakfast as yet. No newspaper on Monday. I have a short stack of unfinished sudoko puzzles to "puzzle" over after breakfast.

Yesterday I watched three football games...I actually cheered when Buffalo scored in the last two minutes and made it impossible for Kansas City to win..  Then I watched 60 Minutes for the first time in so many years.... about the DNA from victims of the Trade Center.....they are still trying to identify the remains.

Next up was Tracker....and then it was bedtime.

My book for yesterday was the newest book from Christina Lauren the two friends who write together. The title Tangled Up in You...Has something to do with Disney's Tangled. I know less than nothing about Disney Movies.  Pizza time kept me from the exciting conclusion of the book.  I won't spoil it for any of you that read the books I mention...

My son encouraged me to stop reading and do some coloring on my project to finish the pages my husband left undone.  So I did...my only problem was sharpening the pencils and having the lead break off.  Is it possible for the colored pencils to get too old??????  Brittle Pencil Syndrome.

Well, yesterday's pizza was as wonderful as usual...we subbed mushrooms for the red pepper strips. 

I keep saying I'm going to make a pot of vegetable soup and I don't do it....one of these days I will do it. I used up the last of the oatmeal and forgot to buy an new box.... so Cream of Wheat today.  Which means Stove Top Cooking of my breakfast.  It's more than I want to do but I do love Cream of Wheat spread out on a dinner plate with butter, sugar and cinnamon toppings.  Like my Grandmother made for me.

Grandma didn't "understand" boxed cereal like corn flakes back in the 50's.  1950's.

Today the Oil Truck is supposed to come and deliver oil.....we are almost out. I am worried.
 

Sunday, November 17th. Sunshine here in Maine- 48 degrees supposed to get into the 50's later.

 Baked Potatoes...One of my Favorite Foods.  I don't eat them often enough. I ought to have a special day of the week for baked potatoes....... those are bacon bits on the right top side of the potato. Yum.

Football Pizza today.  I have plans to watch a few of the many games... record Tracker at 9pm.

I'm reading the newest Christina Lauren book- Tangled Up in You.  Not sure where it's going....100 pages in.  There is a Road Trip.  Husband and I made many of those (road trips) visiting friends in other states.....I do NOT miss them....the only conversation revolved around where and when to stop and eat.  When I say my husband rarely spoke to me....I MEAN it.

My Atomic Clock circled around to get to what it thought was the correct time.....Weird. According to the computer, it's still wrong. ....over a minute slow.  Needs a new Battery....I've had it a long time...husband messed with the prior wall clock and we had to buy a new one....he did that in the last year of his life.. before he was too bad to do anything---screwed around with anything mechanical and messed it up.... it's why I hardly ever left the house.  I needed things like my cell phone, refrigerator and the computer to work.

Okay enough of that....instead of "just" (I do not like that word) reading all the time....yesterday evening I colored one of the designs my husband left unfinished.  I also watched the PBS Cooking Shows in the afternoon.  Some variety to my Life.  Sharpening the pencils was difficult as the lead kept snapping off....inexpensive pencils....

That's it for today....I'll admit to being sad and slightly depressed today..... it's okay.....I need to find something good to look forward to.......but nothing has come to mind as yet....