Daily Notes- Tuesday, March 17th. Sunshine here in Maine and melting snow- New snow arriving???

 Well, Collected all the items needed for Income Taxes.  I used to do them myself..but when we owned a company...they had to be done by an accountant.  So I stopped....and never really got back into it until Turbo Tax.  And I wore my NERVES to the quick with Turbo Taxes for ten years.... and now, I just collect the papers and someone picks them up........ I feel it's worth the money to save what I have left of my "nerves"....

The Maine Snow is melting....again.  Comes and Goes.....I have zero plans for today.....perhaps some English Soccer....the book I was going to read happened to be one I already read once and never finished reading....needed a better editor....got tedious.  There was a plot line there that could have worked but they left it hanging........

I have a Christina Lauren book to read...the only one of their books I do NOT own.......I will read it once more and decide if it's worth my time......I have never actually read it thru to the end...perhaps at 79 I will be able to????   I pulled it off the shelf and then was tempted to put it back on the shelf (at the Library) it's that sort of book....never really gels.  The other one of their books I don't care for is the cowboy one.  These two haven't written anything new in awhile or my Library hasn't bought anything new. I will check after hitting publish.

Maine is under a Flood Watch today with High Winds to follow.  Could be exciting.  Here at my house I have melting snow and green grass showing up....over wintered bulbs are up a few inches.... they are near the septic tank outlet- warm water (showers) thaws that area out early in the season..  Hot showers thaw this old woman out as well.   Well, I need to find something to do....after I reheat my coffee.  Get on with it.  I have an index card to color.

DebL- collected all the cloth of yours in one place...it was well scattered thru sewing room and living room areas...now all together...I did this because I have had a "creative idea"......and haven't had one of those in awhile....need to run with it before it evaporates......now I need to find the "faded golden print" I made a notation about........sigh.  It's always something.....

Daily Notes for Monday, March 16th.. Foggy, Damp Day here in Maine.

Daughter and I reloaded the Goodwill bags and made another bag full of ART SUPPLIES for the Library- they sent an email to all patrons re: art supplies that we might no longer need.  Well, Sam and I had a full cardboard box full.  We no longer needed.

She was here and now gone to buy a new machine for her basement to remove humidity...a new one every year.  Lots of humidity in her basement.  

We are also contacting the Banker who does my taxes..... she is having her paperwork picked up tomorrow and I asked for list of what I need to send him and this same Erika can pick up my info... I think this time I will make a photocopy of the list and use a black felt tip marker to add with word TAXES to the paper.

 In case I'm alive next March.  But I will be alive for a few additional weeks as I now have two boxes of COOKIES in the cabinet.....And Corned Beef and Cabbage to look forward to cooking and eating.  It helps to have something Future to look forward to.... 

The bags of crafts hold quite a bit from my Art Room.  And the shelving is still full...The frozen paint  is now soft and pliable.....waiting to be used...

Daughter and I discussed Peonies. Husband set fire to two of the five out back by the porch steps (with a gas can and a riding mower)...and somehow the other three died.. possible they got "weeded" as he pulled "weeds" a lot.  I might be too old to buy new ones...moving Peonies shuts them down for a year or two before they decide they like the new place......then other year or two to make flowers....  Woo Peng is still okay out front... Made one blossom last summer or the one before.  Sigh.  Took MANY years for that to happen.

So.....I need to turn on some lights and crank the thermostat up...chills on my neck...oh, and rehear my Morning Coffee....at 2 pm.....some days I feel like I'm just taking up space and not really living. I wonder if the President feels the same way.

 

Daily Notes- Saturday, March 14th. Sunshine, shoveled walks. 37 degrees

Jonathan W Gemmell I believe is the artist.

Reading...Still... Tell Me Lies.   Library says Runaway Groomsman is waiting on the shelf for me.  If it was walking distance and there were clear dry sidewalks...I would walk into Town...HA!!!!  I might make it to the end of the street and start looking for something to sit on.  Love that book.

My wall and desktop calendars record my Anger and Fear for this Country of Ours.  And now soldiers sent to a War that was started because some weak minded man wants to have a WAR.  Because...why????? to make himself feel like a "man"..... a real man would not send them. He'd find a better solution.

I might try my hand at making a quilt like Dee's.....a house.  I have never tried a patchwork house but did try a big moon once like Dee's moons.  I drew the outlines on an index card for reference. I also wanted to make a mouse like Dee's......but that also wasn't in my skill set.

Saturday and I will be assuming PBS is still begging.....and none of the Cooking Shows are on. There are  more than enough British Soccer matches...on tv today....and I will watch or record as many as possible.

I have cloth, I have cheese and pickle sandwiches,  I have Soccer...Son is heading out for "lunch" ........

Daily Notes for Friday March 13th. Sunshine and melting Snow here in Maine.

More strange things...   Embellished Carrots.  Reminds me of the little squash I embellished.

Today was Grocery Shopping Day....I didn't get anything exciting.  I tried....laughing.... but it didn't work. It does work when I shop with daughter....we had to return home the back way...roads here after Winter Ice Heaves...well the heaves include chunks of asphalt.  We took the long heave-less way.....

Son thought I had pickles....I didn't have pickles....I do have some home canned pickles from 2020 and I left a jar out on the counter....I don't have a chance at ALL of eating them once he sees the date.  I opened the jar- nothing foaming etc....used vinegar which is acidic...should be fine.  They look tasty.... one other jar had low liquid so I dumped that one out but tasted one of the pickle slices...tasty.  I haven't died yet.

Not a clue what to do today as I have more energy than usual....Pickle Policing does that for me, I guess.

I have my book to read......find out if I recall any plot details.

Found TWO more Watercolor Children's Paint Boxes---on the closet shelf I was cleaning... now I have three.  The paint brushes are still hiding.  And the Watercolor Paper is also still not front and center.  I thought it might be in the side shelving of the coat closet....some amazing stuff WAS there....but no watercolor paper.  I still have more places to search..........finding stuff.....