Daily Notes- later than usual. Monday, February 9th. BRIGHT sunshine and lots of SNOW

 Turmeric Tea.   I was on some strange diet- can't recall why--- and made lots of things with turmeric .. Very good for one's health.   I might try a cup today.... I also only used rice to make things. It did help. The strange diet did help reset my body and so many things corrected themselves....

Elimination Diet....I had a very very bad skin rash...doctor said he'd given me the strongest meds (steroids) but nothing worked....so the diet....which worked...  I used the Vitamix to grind white rice to make rice flour. And made the most ridiculously tasteless rice muffins (no egg, no dairy).  My cross the street neighbor was into that sort of thing so I made HER a batch....she loved them..... I also blitzed carrots into a "soup" for her.  The Vitamix got the soup really HOT.  It wasn't bad but I did add heavy cream to my bowl....

Son made some fantastic nachos yesterday for halftime of the Super Bowl...  The Patriots have never really done well playing Seattle.  Never.   And yesterday was really ...omg.   I sorted a bag of DebL's beautiful scraps during most of it......I plan on making a small nine patch...today. Curling. Is On.

I had to go back and see if I had already mentioned Turmeric in the last post...I loose track easily.

Nice hot shower this morning....clean hair... quite wild and white...it's at that turning point...not long or heavy enough to be tamed and still short enough to scramble itself.  Swirls....and curls.

My coffee has cooled down too much and it's very bitter... the last of this jar of instant decaf...I have a new one in the cupboard waiting....different brand... possibly better?????  I am going off the trail here and not having daughter buy the Organic Fair Trade one.  Which I am having now...a bit too bitter for me.  I am going to drink the "usual got nothing going for it" instant store brand coffee.  Less bitter. Less everything.

I am enjoying my oranges...they are sweet, juicy and rather perfect.  This week.

I watched  a Julia Roberts movie-- the last 15 minutes of it...."I'm just a guy..standing in front of a girl" etc.   I might watch the whole thing if it's on when Curling is not. Or just record it.. 

Today's book is another Crusie....while I wait for The Lost Husband to be picked up at the Library. The one I have here is about a woman, a baby, and an ex husband and a cop wanting to arrest the husband. It's confusing and really a lot of fun....

Daily Notes- Sunday February 8th. Breakfast was good, Paper was not and New Library System is unusable by ME.

 I have no image for you today....Outside the window I have snow and more snow and very large footprints (holes) in the snow from some animal or person going across the back  "lawn".

I tried to  request a few Evanovich books...but the Library has installed a NEW system that is all pictures... no words.  Pictures of the covers of books....  I tried to look at the catalog where I usually look for things but that's gone or somewhere else.... I gave up. I also tried clicking on a book picture but then it wanted all sorts of information from me.....stuff I was uncomfortable typing into their system.

So...I really gave up.....On them..... on the library.  And you all know how very very much I loved my Library.

Well, I'm going to sit and cry a bit more and tears make it impossible to read or sew.....so until I work thru things I'll just sit and look at the list of books I wanted to order for next week....and realize I won't be ordering them.

I finally realized I could order them from OTHER MAINE LIBRARIES and I DID....they will arrive next week.  It's what I will do from now on......Other MAINE LIBRARIES...  Not mine.

Daily Notes for Cold, Snowy Covered Day in Maine... February 7th. 12:40 is the time stamp.

 Dug an old favorite cup out of the cupboard.  Pansy.   I will try not to drop this one..... Not even 24 hours of use.....as yet.  My grip is not what it used to be and one more cup is in the trash..... I did a few more pages in the shredder but it needs to be emptied into the collection bag for Trash Day.  The shredder part on it is heavy and gets me off balance.  Not something that I should be...off balance....ends in hitting one's head on sharp objects.....I believe that's one of the top causes of death in Old People. Head Injuries.

I worry MORE about that missing woman now that they found her blood on the front steps. Why didn't they find the blood the first day.....that's what I want to know... front steps........

I had to self direct the paragraph I typed regarding what went on yesterday at a certain  House....images etc.... it's his fall back image when feeling "less than"...... I would have played the  Baby Diaper image...with the tag line- "what is that smell???"

I finished Crazy for You and need to choose wisely for today's book...  I'm thinking..... Most Crusie books have a dog, a great looking guy, and some sort of creepy person trying to kill the lead female. I might go to some other author....as a space bar...  what I would really like is a book that makes me laugh out loud...

I'd actually like anything that would make me laugh out loud till I had tears in my eyes.

Daily Notes for Friday, February 6th.....Sunshine, not AS cold. Groceries... No Library.

 Bugs.

Grocery shopping was good- my refill inhaler is generic and looks third world country -ish.  But was $33 instead of ten times that.  The person packing our groceries did a "terrible" job... I got double the number of oranges....the ones at my store are very very good. And Chocolate graham crackers.

They had raspberry filled donuts but had heavily covered them in powdered sugar...I like them naked. I did not buy any,,,,,

I shredded some more paper....but haven't transferred it to the clear plastic Garbage Collection Day Bag as yet. (need three hands)  The little Stationary Area @ the grocery store had just what I wanted... Washable Watercolors in the old school rectangular 8 color set.  With the cheap paint brush....I'll use the nice brushes  I own.  I'm Gonna PAINT.  On index cards.  Not here- if I spill water on the keyboard-- NOT GOOD.

It's too late to send Valentines.....I missed the send date.   But might have a few left over ones to send out to locals.  I like getting holiday cards and assume others do as well...I might be wrong. I AM wrong.

Olympic Curling....I catch a match when I can... when I am not reading.... yesterday (and today's) book is Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie.   I read it many years ago....this time around I'm older, sadder and not really enjoying the book as much.  I'm identifying with the male characters more than the female.  Feel they are being treated poorly.

My coffee has been reheated too many times- so I will switch over to TEA...with extra sugar or husband's leftover Turbanado Sugar....unless I dumped it??????.  You all have a great day!!!! Don't watch the news.