Daily Notes for Friday, February 13th. I'm up early- well earlier than usual. Today is Library Grocery Day.

I have a couple Valentine images so decided to use one for each day this weekend.  I wish I had a good branch like this in my front yard where I could dangle homemade hearts.....BUT we all know I live on a dead end street and no one drives to the end where I am. So, other than the mail or garbage persons....it's just me seeing anything. And I  NO longer walk down to the mailbox.....in winter..remember I fell down that first winter after my husband died..slipped on ice......bloodied my head and broke my glasses.  No need to repeat that. Son was really upset.

Today is Friday- and Library...but sidewalks are still covered in ice (they were never shoveled)...so....Son will go pick up the requested books and walk there in the street.   I will wait inside the grocery store and then we will shop. The area where I wait has a bench but usually it is occupied.  

The Baked Potato Soup was pretty good....but I don't think I will get another carton of it- I will choose one of the others.  I added cheese to the soup.  Adding something crunchy or crisp would have been good also.  I didn't have those items.

Last week I asked about jelly donuts at the "in store bakery"... the ones they had were heavily coated in powdered sugar....this time, if they have them- I'll ask if they have one or two in the back minus powdered sugar.  I doubt they will....but I can aways ask.  Or scrape the sugar off the ones I buy????  no.

Daughter and I sifted thru another Attic Box.  Mostly McDonald's stuff... a few things might be reusable but perhaps too much trouble finding them new corporate homes.  Everything has logos. She is wanting to empty the Attic of things we (her dad and I) moved from house to house for 50 years. Never really "unpacking" because we would be moving again and again and again.....

Well,  not much else to share with you...I did not send Valentine's this year....my "internal" calendar is off and I missed the postal deadline.  I do have Easter cards so will try and be more "on time" with them. Possibly start sooner.........so MUCH sooner.
 

Daily Notes for Thursday, February 12th. Sunshine here in Maine and 30 degrees???? 33 degrees

 Preparing for Valentine's Day... Everything PINK.  I prefer RED.

So, yesterday I got books but not the advertised sale prices....but I have new books. And I had Crab Rangoon and Tiramisu.   Both favorites of mine...from Market Basket where I only go with daughter.

I had a whole Political Rant prepared before getting out of bed this morning......because of something I saw on MSNBC (not by choice)......something that suggested to me that one of the cabinet members might need a serious mental health time out.  And a De-ICE-ing.  If that's a good hint?????  There was screaming. The CRAZY kind.

So...no more random TV News watching.  Investigations are going where I thought they should have gone earlier--- on the Missing Mom story.  I'm waiting to find out  "Who Done It".....

The Winter Olympic Curling is done I think- could be wrong...It's about the only event I like watching. There are some "fun" movies available on cable right now- I do enjoy a good Rom-Com.... sometimes. I have my new to me books to read......and FINALLY The Lost Husband book arrived....I got 47 pages in before I said- time for bed......will get back into reading moments after pressing publish here.

Sunshine here in Maine- addition of about 3 inches more snow...so the piles of snow are getting taller. supposed to warm up today and might hit 40.   Means sidewalks will ice up over night. Fantastic!!!

Wednesday, February 11th....Snow overnight- Son out shoveling.

 No picture today...I did have one but it's not traveling...I guess.  At a lunch meeting...American Women's Club.  Frankfurt Germany.   Now it's here.  I used to look like this...and had no idea ....the passport photo is even more amazing....maybe later.  My hair hasn't changed much- it's now white. But same style.

Yesterday daughter brought another box- from the move from Germany (1980's)--down from the Attic.  Via Chicago.  Lots of old things and an 80's calendar with great art- so I now have a framed image of Vincent Van Gogh's chair.  Right here by my desk- well, soon, but not as yet (we need a hammer and a small nail).  I did also want one of his bedroom-  Because it reminded me of my college dorm room.  Wasn't full page so not great in the frame.

The American twosome didn't get Gold in the Curling Doubles.  They got second place. Silver.

I watched. rather fascinated...the FOX news re: the door camera that the Arizona police ignored for over a week (2 weeks?) and the FBI figured out in less than a day.  FBI are in Arizona?????  And with the camera result via Google....(California contributed).......local police arrested the guy...  Traffic stop as he was heading toward the Mexican border.  Question now is.....does he know where Nancy is????  Or was he just breaking and entering??????  .......he's now in jail.

I watch for an hour or LESS each afternoon....not so much for info but to see what it's like to be a FOX person......there are MANY references to GOD, BITCOIN and Trump.. (tiny bit of Cash Patel not enough to get Trump upset).. it doesn't take long for me to either turn the tv off or go looking for Olympic things.

Local Book& Music store is have a February Romance Book Sale....daughter is taking me...I have a list. It is rare that I am prepared  for visits to book stores....but I am today. I have a list of what I ALREADY OWN...that is a better list than usual. Daughter also took an iPhone photo of my bookcase....in case I get confused......I WILL get confused.

A man was arrested by ICE here in my Town in Maine... I knew ICE was in the larger cities here in Maine but not the ones as small as my Town.... I was going to type something else.....but I won't...

Daily Notes for Tuesday, February 10th. Sunshine, Snow and 24 degrees

 Well, I sent the image twice and it hasn't arrived so I am giving up on it.  Not much is working here on the desktop this morning...well, closer to noon than morning.   I woke up feeling fine and now I have some muscle aches on the left side of my back...

Image arrived....a Pear I painted years ago and had framed...Two Pears..A Pair.

When a day starts out like this....it's really not going to get any better.

I have Doubles Curling. set to record today... USA might get a Gold Medal.

So...I had some chocolate graham crackers with hot tea yesterday as my Book Reading Refreshments. The book I was reading was NOT the one I wanted to read....and I haven't a clue as to the title of the one I wanted to read.   Guy walks out on girlfriend with a baby....she runs garage sales etc for people to earn a living.  Car explodes at the end.   Is that enough to find the book??????

Got nothing more today....need to find something to occupy my brain..  I read over my book list and the book I did want to read....isn"t in the listing...so I'll check the bookcase.... I do not like it when a book is stuck in my head and any others just "won't do".