Daily Notes- Tuesday February 24th....Sunshine, Fresh Snow, 28 degrees,

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One from outdoors would be ALL WHITE.......Son is out shoveling snow. Again.

Trump's Florida Judge Aileen Cannon has come thru for him yet again.  As usual it's Jack Smith Trump is afraid of....overhead shots of Maralago look like it had a 100% make over....  tax payer money??????

So...I finished reading Welcome to Temptation and today's book is Faking It.  Reading backwards a bit with the Dempsey Family who had star status in Welcome to Temptation..  I should have gotten the books in better order---my bad.  I've read them all.  It doesn't really matter.  There are no surprises. Other than my enjoyment of them this time around....

Political Crap keeps happening...gag me.  I live in a Republican State...double gag me.

At some point my daughter will bring me some celery and I will proceed to making a pot of vegetable soup....eating the soup and enjoying it while looking at the 99% WHITE outdoors.  Blinding. This soup recipe has a few quirky things....Turmeric and Red Pepper Flakes.  Also Rice instead of Noodles.  I'm looking forward to it if the promised celery ever arrives.

I wrote checks for two bills.  I need help making copies of the oil delivery bills.  Then I can pay that one also.  My new to me copy machine... I have not mastered it.  It belongs to Son...I finally got used to the new paper shredder- which had belonged to daughter.  It's noisy.  I jammed up my OWN shredder and it went to the Dump Guy Pile.  In the Garage.  

And it's snowing.... Not as much (yet) but still coming down. blowing around.

 Hope the bus didn't hit the plow.   Looks like Maine Street in my little Maine Town- minus the BUS... We don't have busses...Boston has busses and comes north to our train station every so often to drop off college kids.  Coming to school on buses, trains and planes.  Bowdoin College.

I don't hear the rumble of the whole house generator so we must still have power.

I received an email from the company that delivers heating oil.... February 22nd- $709.89  and on March 24th 638.80......Son knows how much oil goes in the tank- 1400 gallons and we now own $1348.69 of  new oil....no mention  on the bill as to what each gallon cost.

I've had breakfast.   I'm enjoying my one a day cup of coffee.  No newspaper so no Suduko puzzle to work on.  I could- emphasis on could---try finishing one of the puzzles I didn't finish in the past month.  They are really difficult or I really don't know how to do them.

Well, I have to go check on the cold draft hitting me right now.....raise the temp in here.

Daily Notes- Not sure if there was overnight snow...

 Well,   I have a load of clothes in the washing machine....need to transfer to the dryer.

My oatmeal was great today...I got it just right.... Still working on my one cup of coffee (a day) and finished the newspaper.  I'm hoping the TiVo is recording British Soccer... YES it was.  Yesterday's Curling (women's) was a let down.... Not sure if there is any today....

Guthrie news is a few lines in the newspaper and zero on the TV news.  It's been three weeks.

I am reading a book I thought I didn't like...turns out I was just not "ready" to read it... Now I am enjoying it. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie.  And it's best read before Fast Women.  Or after.  Or by itself....there are other books before. Tell Me Lies and Crazy For You.  Will check library for either or both.

Heating Oil was delivered this morning (surprise)...before the Big Storm... yes...we are going to have a real Nor Easter blowing into Maine.  Possibly using the whole house generator if the power goes out.   I had noticed the little red level and said something to Son- he said the amount was fine....I'd been dialing down the house temp and conserving.  Now I can raise the temp in here to 65,

When I say living in Maine YEAR ROUND isn't for the Faint of Heart...I MEAN IT.  That Winter House in Florida (Gag me) ?????  Not happening.....but someplace smaller?????  Easier to keep warm?????

Daily notes for Saturday, February 21st. More snow.

 I plan to dig out one of these pots and USE it... it's pretty deep in the cupboard so I'll get daughter to get it out.  I loved how the pots looked more than I loved making coffee in them.  But that coffee was way better than instant....but instant is fine with me....I'm not that picky about coffee....it's bitter... no matter how it's made or how much it costs.....bitter.  I did like European coffee that had this shadow of chocolate...while being VERY bitter.    Just rewarmed my cup with a bitter dark chocolate bit....wow.  Life changing.

Supreme Court...now that was a take down!!!!!  Trumps's Trio stayed loyal.

I need some Celery for my SOUP.

Son was exhausted and depressed when he finished the snow shoveling...he's ALL IN on hiring a plow guy for next winter.  I'm too "old" to help with the shoveling...  I agree.

One of my new Library books- was a dud.  There were also a number of words etc that needed correction. So the proofreader wasn't very good (AI).  I got 20 pages in and had already found so many mistakes...I'll leave it for the woman or man who likes to add corrections to library book pages. In pencil. 

Sigh.   Arranged my table top....I have two bills to pay....but not on Saturday.  PBS is being recorded- cooking shows...two favorites are now gone...Lidia must have moved over to Amazon.  Another is one earlier so I have to adjust the TiVo.........Adjust....my word for 2026.  Adjust.

I asked daughter for some eggs and immediately forgot WHY.  Perhaps she will remember...I am almost sure it was for making and baking a pan of cornbread.  With coarse ground corn....in the glass jar on the counter.......so many "clues"....  But not today..... Grilled cheese and pickles today and pizza tomorrow.

What are you having or making????