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".

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.