Daily Notes for Wednesday June 3rd. Sunshine today...

I had every single ingredient in the fridge to make these....mine were darker and crispier.  Vegan because there was no egg binding all the parts together.  And no cheese.  A mashed baked potato (sitting in the fridge) did the binding.  If I had had some bacon in the house I would have added that to the cakes. Also some cheese.  I'm not Vegan.

So there we are- I might label yesterday as "Do Something New And Different Tuesday"

Finished reading Hard Eight (whoa) and Today----To The Nines... supposedly the "sharpest, funniest and sexiest" one of the series ....since the early days".  There was quite a bit of shooting etc in Eight.  I lost count of the number of cars Steph crashed or blew up.  She still has car insurance...wow. Steph has lost count of the number of handcuffs she has also lost or misplaced.  I say five pairs of cuffs.

I was three days late in changing over the desk calendar to JUNE.    But yesterday I had to charge up all the things attached to the desk top...mouse, that little rolling thing you click on.....keyboard...all of it dead...  Now they are all working again...And I have to coil up a few of the wires....just did that.  The iPhone is still charging........even though I nevernevernever use it....as a phone.. I use it as a camera.  And even that is very rare.  These days, 

I sprayed the house with Febreze (smelled like Fritters)....I also had a shower and washed my hair...I need to do a load of wash today as well.  Change the sheets on my bed- always a workout with MANY rest periods.. BREATHING is what bothers me the most health wise.  It actually might be my ONLY health issue...oh, kidneys...not in top shape...  yep- the 80's not gonna be my best decade.   We need lungs and kidneys...like 24/7/365....

... I watched about 5 minutes of news yesterday and started gagging.....so went back to CSI and when that failed to entertain me- back to the book and another car blowing up..... I think Steph found something (someone) dead on her couch or in her shower in book eight.. more than once. We all thought Ranger was gonna kiss her...nope.  He always checks on her status with Morelli......first.

I feel my days squeezing shut.....cutting off any happy feelings I might have had in the past for Spring and early Summer... The Daily News is actually NOT something I can read, hear or watch these days. Even the Morning Paper Suduko brings little JOY to my Life...  but the SUN is Shining...That's huge here in Maine... I'll let That be enough..... and I have two leftover fritters for lunch.  And some ice cream...the tiny serving size. The cups you give to toddlers with the little wood spoon they don't know what to do with...  I might have one tiny cup left.... would be great.  If I did.

I need to add another bag of the tiny cups to the Shopping List for Friday. Perhaps a few yogurt cups as well.  Today I have Chicken Pot Stickers..  Oh Boy!!!!!   Everyone in the books says that...Oh Boy!!! and then something blows up.

 

Daily Notes for Tuesday June 2nd.....Sunshine and 67 degrees

 Another image from a long ago post of my own.   Most of my trees have dropped their flowers... the big Spring Show is just about done.

It's actually past time for the large planters to be out and filled... Patty and I would shop early...but we are no longer friends...it happens....and I will most likely not have the planters out on the front walkways this year,  change..is hard but sometimes change is necessary so you can move on.....to new things.

The grape vines are very full this Spring ...  Concord grapes.  I wanted to make jelly.  Years ago.   Grapes are not the easiest thing to grow.  The plants might only produce leaves. Last year that was all I got but the abundance of them covered the arch over the walkway.  And is doing that this Spring as well.

I have gotten to the very end of Seven Up.  Stephanie Plum and Ranger... on the last page..... Will be starting in on Book Eight today.   AS the book numbers get higher....the PLOTS get more ridiculous.   but the Plum activities are keeping me from watching any NEWS and that is a real help....because the news is terrible.   Talk about Hell in a Handbasket???????

I have every single ingredient needed to make No Egg Vegetable Fritters.  I mention this because I rarely have ALL the things needed for a recipe.  Son has driven off to have LUNCH...I just finished having breakfast.   Sleeping more these days....which is actually a good thing....

Hard Eight is next,   

Daily Notes- Monday June 1st. Sunshine here in Maine...for now...

 From the pictures on old blog posts.

I imagined lunches and dinner out in this old wood greenhouse......I didn't actually have an old greenhouse but thought one would be a very nice addition to my yard.

Well, here we are on June First.  I still have NOT gone out to buy annuals for my garden beds. I might not actually have flowers this year.....I haven't dragged the big planters out. either.  Can't do it myself.  Well, I could and have done it myself but I have no plants to plant in the containers....My Master Gardener Pal is no longer speaking to me....very very bad break up.  It was all her....all I said was "no".

This is what happens when the Friend (???) you always went plant shopping with...is not longer speaking to you. And when your Lunch Buddy has gone flower shopping with her husband... as usual.

Wu Peng has three more flower buds...a surprise.

Sigh.....I'm gonna read....no bills to pay...already got the morning Medicare phone call...hung up on them as usual.  I   usually have my two big planters filled with soil and flowers by now.....really SAD.

I hate being OLD..... I hate depending on someone else so I can have flowers out front.  Well, I am going to pull on my socks and settle into the couch and read....finish up my lukewarm coffee.

That's it- the mouse died so I have it charging up... and my coffee needs a reheat...

Daily notes- Sunday, May 31st... Cloudy and 67 outside and 64 inside the house.

 Market Flowers.  Not here in my house.....

And yes, the temps up top are correct- colder inside the house than out.

I don't think any of you reading this post will be surprised that I woke up tired this morning...I postponed my shower yesterday...wasn't feeling steady- thought it might be better to have breakfast first to even out the blood pressure.   Then I procrastinated.

I might also need to replace the short sleeved tee with the long sleeved thermal shirt... like right now.  I'm COLD.  I might shower later this afternoon if I feel like it would be a "good idea".

I added a few digits to the indoor temp..... we'll see when the furnace kicks in if that helps.  Son would recommend I add a thermal long sleeve shirt to my outfit.  That actually sounds good....I'll be right back..

Feeling warmer already... I started in on Book Seven-- titled Seven Up.  I also promised my Son I would NOT ask him to collect books at the library when he goes out for lunch.  Friday is Book Collection Day...period.    

I might need to add a sweater to my outfit.  Yep....went and got a sweater.  

I could pull weeds out by the Propane Tanks and Whole House Generator.  But it looks like it might rain.  I keep hoping the Weed Fairies will show up overnight and get the job done... I pulled the damned things out last year ...roots and all....thinking that would be it... It wasn't it.   I tried doing a Pep Talk on myself but ... it's a Hard Sell.   CSI has reverted back to season one episodes from the 60's or 70's...gag me.   FSN has old Soccer games....and they delete the boring parts when no one scores.... really.