September's last day..... sunshine here in Maine. 65 degrees

 My son brought a set of these with him when he moved in...  I told him to go out and buy more. He hasn't as yet.  They are washable glass and the lid clamps on.......

We put the leftover pizza wedges in one (not shown here)..... from the Sunday Pizza. Yesterday's Pizza was good- we are trying out different (new to us) pepperoni as the brand we bought for decades is no longer available.  We have stopped adding toppings to the pizzas......now it's just onion, red bell pepper and pepperoni.  Last year we did mushrooms a few times.  And pineapple.  I liked the pineapple.

I watched the Ravens pick the Buffalo team's bones last night.  The Bills looked stunned. I don't recall how many games I watched yesterday...not all of them but most...while I read a book.  There were games that did not get televised (on my television).....the Patriots game was one of those.  Just means I don't watch those games.

I also colored one of the mandala circles.  It turned out okay. Spent quite a bit of time sharpening pencils... the lead in side kept breaking off.  Usually because the pencils fell on the floor and the lead inside cracked.

Today the Appliance Repair Men are coming to look at the refrigerator.....we have the "button" pushed so NO water is coming into the ice cube maker.....but yesterday, after a week of silence- the fridge decided to start making noise and trying to make ice. Again.  It's really annoying.  If the water stoppage button had NOT been pressed we would have been mopping up lots and lots of water. Ice cold water.

My son did the math and we are paying 50% of what a NEW Fridge would cost to have this one "looked at" because we can't assume they will be able fix it or even figure out what's wrong with it. But we have to pay anyway............ Now a new fridge sounds delightful....but the TWO fridges BEFORE this one  (A TRAGIC SERIES OF FRIDGES)... had to be condemned and carted off.... they could NOT be repaired.  Lowes.  So. I got this one which has no glass doors, no fancy shelving etc....just plain old plain.  Except for the ice maker in the door that dumps ice out the door- so one can get ice and water with out OPENING the door..... Never again.  Well, I doubt any fridge sold today doesn't dispense ice and water... 

Water has always been the disaster that has plagued me. Us. Always water.  Better than Fire or Wind or Locusts. I guess.

Tomorrow is my second haircut appointment at the new place between the Grocery and the Library (a straight line that also includes the post office but NOT the bank--well the bank is in the same parking lot as the grocery store.).....I am asking her to cut with scissors and not the razor.  The razor is best for curly hair......I am OVER having "curly old woman" white hair.  Totally OVER. I see plenty of white hair on older women and it's stylish and not a curl to be seen.... I look like I am wearing a permed dust mop on my head.  So that's it for today....  Ravens-- son says I refer to them as the Saints every single time.

Still September. Sunshine here in Maine .58 degrees 99% humidity

 

It took a bit or wrangling but we have an image here.....there isn't a plate of pasta that I don't love.

I woke up thinking today was Monday.  But it's Sunday.  Sunday Pizza.  Perhaps Formula One Racing. Or it happened already and I missed it again. I'm sure I will watch football.  Eat my corn chips.  Minus salsa and cheese.

I read the Rom-Comers yesterday.   And started a new book after finally opening my can of Cheese Tortellini Soup.  It had a tomato base and plenty of tortellini.....very nice.   Progresso.  Perhaps I spoke of the soup yesterday?  I'm just going to admit to being "forgetful" these days.  I had to check twice to figure out what day it was.  I'm not worried as yet... because I realize that I am forgetting and I did know how to find out what day it was......that's something..

I think when I don't KNOW (I'm forgetting) ...that's when things get serious. Around here.  I intend to read the Rom-Comers  a second time.... gets to be a real tear-jerker at the end- at least for me.  There is a  best friend named Jack and I think he was the main character in a previous book....but not much was said about him....in case we hadn't read that book.  He needs a Bodyguard...in the previous book.  I need to find that one and read it again.

No sweater today and no socks....cross the street new neighbors loaded up their car with sports equipment and drove off..... Maine is quite lovely in the fall so I am sure they are enjoying the outdoors before it gets cold.

Well, I need to find a bowl and some cereal and then read the paper and try the Sudoko.  Yesterday I filled in exactly TWO squares and then nothing.  Really sets the pace for the day- two numbers. One square in the puzzle had no numbers in it...others had one or two.  I need more clues to be successful.

I had a stack of partially filled in newspaper puzzles over to the left at the table...yesterday i plugged in the paper shredder and sent them down the shute.  The  partially filled in puzzles are now gone. Officially.

The book I started yesterday is a Meghan Quinn.  See Me After Class.  Two English Teachers...... this one will follow the path of the last Megan Quinn- but I did manage to get to page 213.  New book today.

September Notes- Saturday.the 28th....sunshine and 64 degrees

 Woodward Point. Maine.  Close by, I think- but I most likely am wrong.

Sunshine today.  I gathered up all my notebooks....the ones I would write in while watching the OLD washing machine. In case it decided to overflow into the bedroom and the new wood floors.  It did happen.

So I had noticed I was running out of underwear......so I put a load of everything- I know-- darks and whites but nothing red or pink-- into the washer and set the timer- my adult children have timed the machine- one hour.......they start a load and go somewhere and come back in an hour and switch to the dryer and then go away again... Free spirits who have never mopped gallons of water off the floors.

I am reading Katherine Center's new book...The Romcomers.  I keep wondering if I have read it before? But I keep on going because..I am not 100% sure.....and it's a good story.  Will she swim in the pool? Now that I am considering the small bits- yes, I have read this before....it's not like I don't read books multiple times in a one month time period.  A really good book deserves multiple readings.

Any other Reader (but me) out there who gets to the last page and turns back to the first page????

I bought the store cooked corn chips....yesterday.  It's a large bag and I was delighted to find the bag I selected to be very very lightly salted.  I had five or six chips.  And stopped. I didn't buy shredded cheese so I won't be melting cheese on each chip....

High Potential on ABC is holding my interest...and I have it set to record all on it's own.  I had to reset the TiVo again...not once a week often but pretty often.....so the buying of a new "current" TiVo is coming up. And...well, once I disconnect it- all the good stuff in the OLD TiVo will be gone. Dozens' of favorite Hallmark and PBS Movies and Series....my very own Cupboard of Love Stories.  Also, so many PBS series episodes.

I told myself I would watch all of it before it had to be shut off.  My only tranquilizer is that Hallmark runs these things over and over and I can hopefully find and record them on the new machine...or my son says- buy the streaming Hallmark option...if I knew what streaming meant.  And where it would happen. I have a feeling it means sitting and watching on a tablet screen.

And I know most of you already DO THAT........and I do know the TV is also a screen....duh!  Feel free to comment on your own viewing choices.  For when I emerge from my CAVE.

September Notes- Friday the 27th. Rain here in Maine past few days- sunshine today. 59 degrees.

 I had one of these typewriters but my nephew did something and broke off an important part and jammed everything - unusable.  He was very young and the typewriter was on the floor.    As much as I like the keyboard here on the desk- I like the clatter of the old typewriter more.  I imagine myself typing..... 

An odd story- I took a typing class in high school... it was a miserable experience and I thought I learned nothing...but years later I sat down and typed...keyboard and computer...later a huge industrial typewriter doing the broadsheets for the club newsletter...never actually realizing I could TYPE.....just doing it...and ALWAYS KNOWING when I hit the wrong key... so the proof reader never found an error.

I never look at the keys.

The Sun is out here in Maine....it had rained here for two days.  And it's not cold but what I call "chilly". A sweater in the house rather than turning up the heat.  My Gardener is taking the day off.

I haven't seen or heard my son as yet.....which is odd.  I have been down here sneezing and coughing and making noise but he still hasn't come down stairs.  I know he was up very late last night  (on California time)..... I hear the shower going.

I am finding the books I selected to be "less than"   Which is disappointing as one can only watch the Weather Channel for so long ..... so ...I watched Hallmark Movies.  Three, I think.  Well, not completely. I can never sit all the way thru without wishing I could edit the movies.  Make them so much better.

My book......I read and then get irritated and stopped and did other things and then came back to it... I gave up on the first book I had started.....and this one...no idea where it's going but it's going there really really slowly.  I'm almost at the 2/3rd's mark.  The Mother's bird pooped on someone's head while the entire family was making lasagna.   Super interesting, hey???? How did it get published????? A romantic comedy and no one has gotten kissed.

In the image up top- I like the quilted patchwork.  I have a bag of squares- I could make a few of these for the table.  The important part at the end- escapes me- the binding. Last time I made potholders I had to look up a tutorial.  I will have to AGAIN.  I used to do the binding on auto-pilot.  What a thing to forget.

Still September... Very dark and wet outside this morning. 60 degrees- 99% humidity.

 Shadowland Autumn Frost Hosta.

I had to compost all my Hosta...as soon as they leaf out and look amazing- the deer would come and eat all the leaves and leave the bare stems.  The first few years, it made me cry.  Then next few it made me mad. And now, well, there will be no more Hosta in my garden beds.

Yesterday, I noticed four deer in the way back yard......one coming up along side the house.  I went and made noise banging on a pot lid.....they ran off showing me their white fluffy tails.  They would be back.

There is one more slice of Birthday Cake- I think the days leading up to a birthday are more exciting than the actual birthday.

I was watching the weather channel with the news and warnings to people in the path of the hurricane- get in the car and get out of here.........reminds me of the east coast of Florida years ago and people trapped in the upper floors of flooded buildings....no way out...no way in.  And the lists of papers you should have in a watertight bag.  I know people in the path...Atlanta.  Family and Friends.  Also people in Florida.

So.....it's dark and raining and I haven't had breakfast or read the latest ridiculous Trump news... I have to say- seeing him in an orange jail jumpsuit would really be amazing.  Minus his hair products. Even better.

So.......I am reading a book and it's about Hockey players...I read one of two of the others...I will not be finishing this one.  Megan Quinn.  For some reason this one doesn't work. For me.

I have other nice books from the Library.  But first.  Breakfast. Newspaper. Pills (mostly vitamins). And then Something..no idea what as yet...... oh and a check on the Weather Channel to see how folks are doing.   Sort of a busy start to a day.....I will be eating soup later for late lunch /early dinner.  I wanted soup yesterday but....didn't get around to it.  Progresso Cheese Tortellini.  Tomato base and some vegetables.  Never had it before.  Will I like it??????

Still September.... Clouds in my Coffee...(Tea) 60 degrees and 80% humidity.

 Some of these screen shots have no ID.  So we both are, will be surprised.  This Winter I think I might use my own photos of things around the house......or my sock choices each morning...my clothing choices are all the same.....same clothing all Winter....only the socks are different.  Well sweater is often red when it isn't dark grey. Hardly interesting.

The Tree Guy showed up yesterday and ground down the tree stops behind the house (and the two peach tree stumps out front) ....preparing for the new Generator and propane tanks.  Next year.  (in an added comment from me- the next door neighbor had him over there this morning doing tree work)......waking me up.  Son mentioned the noise....which I heard as it was right next to our bedroom windows.

I signed a letter requesting snow plowing.... for 2024/25.  Winter...OMG.

I don't have socks on but I think I need to put them on....it's very dark in here and I need lights. Okay- Suited Up for the Weather.....corduroy pants, thermal shirt, smart wool socks.

I visited the Cloth Closet yesterday and selected all the polka dots (large) on white fabrics....and then returned to select all the polka dots (smaller) on co ordinating fabrics.....Not sure as yet what FOR....but...Brain is doing a major sort....

This is the process I go thru when making something (sans pattern)......I forage and then mull it all over until an idea shapes itself.... Not always the idea I use.

I had oatmeal for breakfast....not flakes.  Wool socks mean oatmeal.  October in Maine is usually warm and sunny..... November is NOT.  Usually..but weather isn't as predictable anymore...

Watched some sort of Townie Mystery on FOX- accidentally- yesterday.  And after the episode they had more previews of more such shows- "new" this season.  Not one of the actors was good looking. They all looked messy, overweight and depressed. One was lucky and got on a bus to never come back.

September Notes- Tuesday the 24th. First tries at a post Failed- this one might as well.

 Well, I got the title and the image here.... I wanted to make something like this..I think I might have even cut the tiny squares.  I might have sewn some together....it must be here in the house- somewhere. I moved stuff around in the sewing room- trying to find "floor space" as the room is really full of assorted weird things.... Several down comforters.  Which were easy enough to squeeze into smaller masses and then tie up with long pieces of fabric strips. Lots of those in the Sewing Room. I can see the carpet now. My chair can roll around (wow).  Still a real pig pen but......less.

I found a bunch of white cotton v-neck tee shirts...the kind I wear every day.  Why in the sewing room.. Not a clue... They are now in the laundry basket...might be too small but.... they will be ready to wear if I stop eating again....only way I loose weight....just stop eating.....Not Healthy. So I eat.  A smaller tee (still large) is actually great for sleeping as it doesn't twist around when I do.

I am reading.......the Sun just went away and the house suddenly went dark... I turned on a light.-- I am reading Royally NOT Ready by Meghan Quinn.  It's book one in a series....not sure how many books in the series.  Perhaps two. Yes, two, I have them both.

A young woman is being asked to prepare to become a Royal in a Norwegian sort of country.  Her previous occupation was in Miami wearing a tiny bikini and spraying water on tourists. How you make money doing that is beyond comprehension. Giving out discount coupons?????

So....... I think the guy tutoring her in Royal Behavior is going to self destruct.  Catch on Fire.

After a few chapters I turned on the tv and watched the two Monday Night Football Games.  Washington...who would EVER have thought they would be like this in 2024???????  Fascinating. Just plain Fascinating.  Miami.......OMG. And a former Patriots quarterback isn't helping them. Mac Jones.

Connie, I know how you feel...it's like they can't do anything right.  Bengals.  

So.....I had breakfast, made my bed, took a shower, washed my hair twice.....put on clean clothing.  No socks as yet...but pretty soon..  Checked out the tv listings... Romance with a Twist at 7 on Hallmark ---- but I am recording the English Teacher and High Potential.... also Tracker episodes- the guy is worth looking at.......he rarely speaks.  Reminds me of the Linda Howard books- guys who rarely speak.

That's it for today...Oh...News Flash...my brand new microwave (arrived with the new stove) has some sort of magical thinking thing going on.... you press the fresh vegetable button and it uses a "Sensor" to cook your vegetable to perfection. Just that....choose vegetable and fresh and it starts up and finishes and I had two perfectly "baked" sweet potatoes.... not even 4 minutes....MAGIC.  I don't even know where the sensor is located.  It's a secret. Everything is a secret to me these days.....

Still September. Not even a small breeze this chilly Maine Morning. 52 degrees 97% humidity.

 Leaves will begin turning soon. Everything is still 100% green this morning. And cold.

Football.  I didn't stay to see the final scores- No Monday paper so... no news is good news?

I have on a thermal long sleeved shirt and a sweater- corduroy pants...my socks (SmartWool) are on the desk- ready for me to try and bend over without face planting on the wood floor.  Sock wearing- who knew it could be so dangerous.  I haven't actually face planted...I just think about it.

Temp in the house is 65.  At least that is what the little monitors are reading.  I closed the bedroom windows.  Even with the heavy down comforter- I was cold last night....so I put on bed socks.  You know it's cold when I put on socks to go to bed. I am closing windows.  Also we still have AC units in.

I have to select a book for today. I am considering Little Beach Street Bakery but....it's not definite. I might read the plane crash book again.  I like the characters and sort of miss them....I don't know.

A few of my choices might be returned unread.  It happens when I decide to re-read books.

Today is cold enough to make soup.  Only I didn't buy soup supplies.  I do have canned soup.  And I do have cans of Wendy's Chili.  So...I have a stockpile of food I could heat up.  

I do have onions. Soup always begins with an onion.... I have no celery or carrots. Those are usually in any soup recipe.

We had Sunday pizza and daughter/sister was here doing her laundry....so we fed her.  It was a disconnected "family meal" with each of us eating somewhere alone. An Odd Family Unit. We have  leftover pizza for the week's lunches.  I might have to COOK.  I don't think I remember how to do it. And I don't have much to work with a mostly empty fridge.

The Appliance Store just called.....$200 up front just to drive over here and walk in the door...not even looking at or touching the fridge....And then more charges.....I stopped listening...I know...bad Joanne. I said I would think about it...and call her back...we did get an emailed image from our appliance booklet (I don't recall owning an appliance booklet) showing us where the shut off button was located to turn off the ice maker. And the water.  I am tempted to say more but....that is usually bad luck......

Socks....Breakfast....no newspaper....Monday. Little monitors say it's 66 degrees in the house  (doesn't feel like that)...I'm thinking oatmeal for breakfast....Hot Tea or Coffee.  Definitely happy I chose to pull on my sweater when I got dressed this morning.  Sun is shining. I might be the only one feeling cold. I haven't heard the furnace go one....that isn't a good thing.

September Notes- Sunday the 22nd. cloudy 58 degrees with 80% humidity.

 Some of the roses in my Birthday Bouquet.

The Epic Business of the Ice Maker continues.  We have pushed the button that shuts off  trying  the water but things continue to "happen"-- Like the ice machine motor cycling on and grinding away TRYING to manufacture ice.......I am so used to this reoccurring business that it is just "one of those things" and even though I dislike it as much as my son....I have had years of it.  This is his first experience.

I am hoping a service order was put in at the Appliance Store.  Otherwise I have to call one in.  Again on Monday.

Football today and perhaps get the furnace running- it's a bit chilly in here.  Cold weather seems to have hurried in when I wasn't paying attention....thermal shirts, long pants and a nice wool sweater.  Socks. Usually September is quite warm.  Son could have the upstairs door open which creates a nice "draft".

My Linda Howard book yesterday was about two people in a crashed small plane...survival.   "Up Close and Dangerous"  I might change into a thermal shirt and my red sweater for the day....corduroy pants. Socks.  The sun looks like it is trying to come out.... 

Pizza is out of the fridge and on the counter warming up.....for later in the day.  Racing is over and Football is a few hours away.  We haven't made any plans for what teams to watch.

Sun.  Glowing in the back yard.....  I need a second cup of sweet hot tea....and choose a new book for the day.

September Notes- Saturday September 21.

 Well, we woke up to the freezer part of the refrigerator spewing water and ice all over the floor. I have a washing machine full of soaking wet towels.  This time I am calling the insurance company...

I have called and texted the appliance/service company... but they have only been open 13 minutes and I doubt my email or phone message has been read as yet......the water isn't pouring out right now but then we have zero control over what happens....

I sense FATE has a mean streak.  And if this sort of Domestic Stuff keeps happening...I will be moved to a very nice retirement home sooner than I wanted....at least the garden beds look nice.  The deer did come and eat the third container..... I will be emptying and disposing of the remaining plants this weekend. Or if it rains-- early next week.

I have a pre mixed cocktail in the fridge....in case. Of an emergency needing a strong cocktail.

Now......I am dressed, have on dry slippers, and will be eating my Shredded Wheat breakfast and reading the newspaper.  The repair people will come or not come........I can't manufacture a better solution.

Fate seems to want me to sell my house and move to a retirement community and play bridge. My son says..."you might like it".  And....I might.  Too much has been lost already.......and the house and it's contents are actually "too much" for either of us.

September Notes-Friday, 20th. Cloudy with a good chance for rain.

 The Deer came last night and ate the Abundant Sweet Potato Vine in the largest of my containers out front....they also ate, the driveway side, of the second largest container...they didn't touch the Marigolds.

They also ate the tops off the newly purchased and planted Blue Billow Hydrangea. Well, they ate the leaves and left the bare stems.  My Gardener is working on the bed to the left as I look out the front door. Deer ate ALL the leaves on about a half dozen very very large Hosta.  They came in alongside the house. Usually they tried to knock down the fencing I use. I asked her to pull them out and get rid of them.

Read another Linda Howard.  Going to read it again.  Selected two more. They seem rather old fashioned with the clothing, lipstick etc. But a good solid story.

I lost my umbrella in the Library but someone at the desk had noticed it on the reserve bookcase...And there it was.  I had set it on the shelf while packing the huge number of books I was getting into ny book bag.  And then I guess I walked away.  I managed to remember to get myself a cup of free Library Coffee.

A good time was had by all.

I slept well.  Need to turn on the house lights....make myself some lunch as it's past 2 pm.  I need to eat at regular times to get myself back to NORMAL.  What exactly is normal??????

The guys came and cut the grass.  It has a yellow tinge to it-the grass.  Has been fertilized but hasn't gotten any rain. The Boston Hockey Team is dragging it's feet signing the Goalie.  Swayman.  Gosh--I don't know much about Hockey but I think you need to have a well paid Goalie or just give it up

Still Thursday the 19th.

 I am having one of those Days.......considering myself...as others see me.  I get lost in the translation.

I told my son I was moving storage tubs- I need closet space.  I have the 8 are tubs in husband's closet in the bedroom and my clothes are hanging off the four poster structure.  I need them in the closet.

I like the new placement of the hydrangea.  

I am reading a Linda Howard thriller.  One quarter yet to go.

September Notes- Thursday September 19th. Sunshine.

 Golden Diner Tuna Melt.   Jumbo.  Send one over for lunch today...please.

Yesterday was very very nice- I almost set the stove on fire by walking out to speak to my Gardener while the sugar butter and booze was cooking on the stove (son walked past and saved us).  I hardly cook anymore so...not that much to worry about. I even shocked myself. That was the first time I ever walked away from something cooking on the stove top. First Time. and hopefully the LAST TIME.

Gardener and I are adjusting the Blue Billow Hydrangea.  I recall this happening....alot.  Planting things and then seeing how they look the next day and deciding you must have had a brain fart when you were planting them. I recall the same happening when I moved furniture or purchased new clothing.  Brain Farts all around.

My birthday was very nice.  The Kahlua Bundt Cake was/is quite a delight.  

So..now I am older.

I started today with a nice long hot shower........

Just finished having a long chat with my son.  Living with "other people" after living alone is not easy. It can be very frustrating........we both have different issues.  We talked them out.  I am still in a dangerous place having been the caretaker of a dementia patient.  I am not always making good decisions.  I am not always explaining myself well.  Using my words. I get emotional. I am often in need of just sitting and reading an entire book...and then turning to page one and reading it again......... like a tranquilizer.

So...my last day of one TERRIBLE year in my Life and the first day of the next year of my Life.  That's yesterday and today.......... I am trying to be positive about this new year.  Not cry as much.

Not working so far.......I now have THREE Landscapers in my yard discussing my center island bed. The Hydrangeas have all been removed........a new plan was needed.  My Life and the Hydrangeas.  In Flux.

 

September Notes- Wednesday, September 18th. Sunshine. 73 degrees

 Well, the Boozie Chocolate Bundt Cake is in the oven.  I am sitting down- resting as I got light headed.......too much activity post Bran Flakes.  The sparkling image up top was a Birthday Surprise from a Dear Reader-- thank you!!!!!!!  My Dental Office also sent one but not as Sparkly.  There might be more- but I stopped opening mail.....to answer the door and check on my cake.  And write this post.

I have a short attention span... Shiny Things.........

My Gardener is out digging in the center bed- where we will plant the new Blue Billow Hydrangea. They are not the right thing for the front of the porch as that space gets ZERO SUN.  I can water them without too much work.... until I have to put the hose away for the Winter.  September is usually a warm month. October can be iffy...so I hope it is also warm.

I showed My Gardener the compost bins.....She was thrilled. I also had some bags of soil out back.

We ordered a Whole House Kohler Generator yesterday  Won't arrive until next Spring.  So Winter with the small generator- but please everyone- fingers crossed for a Normal Winter of NO POWER OUTAGES.......Please. Snow and cold is fine...just no power outages.

My son wants to buy me a new TV with a sound bar- so I can hear (and not have the sound up to where he can hear it upstairs. I didn't think it was but old people always think that).....and a new Tivo.  But I would have to give up all my recorded series and movies......they aren't transferable- unless one of you reading this knows different.  I am difficult with new stuff.  Most women I know get very excited about new stuff..... I have panic attacks.  I am trying to get over it.  Work in Progress. (Like Forever)

Sigh.....so there will be cake and ice cream... And a good book to read.  And my feet up on the ottoman.

I tucked some of the already cooked bacon (purchased cooked) into my egg and cheese frozen pita.  A half pita is one serving. And I had two of them as Late Supper last night and then a large glass of water.....I am drinking lots of water.  Hydration is a problem in the Elderly.... so toast my day with a large glass of water Ladies. It's good for you!!!!

September Notes- Tuesday the 17th. 60 degrees and 97% humidity.

 Perhaps the final EYE image.  

I'm trying to do some "cleaning" here in the house and at times, inside my head.  Clutter.  The recycling can for paper etc is full and waiting for the big truck.  The new neighbors have boxes on their side of the street and what looks like two very long curtain poles....if this was a thru street someone would have picked those up.....taken them home.. "Shopping" on garbage night is a tradition.

When I was boxing stuff up for the Attic...I walked the street after dark on Monday and collected all the empty folded Amazon boxes.  A good number every Monday evening.  Now packed and stacked in the Attic with contents written in black Sharpie on each one.  Very Virgo. No guessing what's inside.

I saw my first Hallmark movie with two guys kissing each other.  Trump almost got shot again. I also set FOX's the English Teacher to record episodes.  (what???)

It's been an interesting week. Coloring outside the lines.

A book I had ordered to read- is one I have already read....I got to a point in the plot lines when I was feeling sort of "this feels like I already read this".......and I also realized I had stopped reading it as soon as Amber started painting the roses on the wall. And I remembered Amber and Neil.  On to the next book on the shelf.

Son went out for lunch yesterday and brought home a large bottle of Dawn dish soap.  I was out.  I stopped using the dishwasher years ago and do the small number of daily dishes by hand.  In the sink.  And now I have a YEAR'S WORTH of Dawn...he bought a really BIG bottle.  I poured what I needed into my nearly empty bottle and added water.....it's how I roll.  Recalling a past Life during the Great Depression I think.  I also have a large spool of string.  Several canning jars of assorted sizes and colors of buttons (some inherited from my grandmother).  Needles and heavy thread for sewing Winter coats I think.  I also have boxes of canning jars...just in case...an lids.  During the pandemic lids were difficult to find and purchase.  As was salt, vinegar and sugar.  The basics of Food Storage.

Recently I  started washing and wearing clothing I had saved to cut and use for a quilt... now they fit. So I am wearing the clothing. Several red items- linen pants and shirts. Delightful.

The Whole House Generator People are coming to visit today....we might still have to use the gas powered driveway one until spring or summer of next year.  My timing was off....and I really hope we don't have a repeat of last Winter when the power was off so many many times.

An animal or more than one...took down the back fence and some slate tiles...I have to clean it all up. We also smelled Skunk overnight.  The Joys of Rural Living.

September Notes- Monday the 16th. 66% and 86 humidity. Sunshine. No breezes.

 The second and third of the pale pink roses from the bed by the side of the front porch.  They opened wide in just a few hours in the house.

Sunday Pizza was very good.  I watched two football games.  The Bengals lost in the final minutes due to what was more than likely a mistake made much earlier in the game. WHEN matters in football.

Son and I made the Sunday football Pizza and as usual...it was wonderful. Daughter came over to use our washing machine to clean her work clothes- landscaping clothes.  She looked exhausted. 

Because she was visiting in time for pizza...we invited her to have a slice (or two).  She really could stop by every Sunday for a slice or two. Perhaps she will.

Tom Brady did a much better job of commentating yesterday.  

Hallmark has hit a new low....always at least satisfying to some degree....they have missed that low bar the past two years. I may have to just watch old re-runs of favorites.  Or wait for Christmas- they have slightly better results with Christmas. And I have a stockpile of the good ones to watch if they don't.

All I want for Christmas is a subscription to Netflix.....and possibly Prime.  I know what I would get on Netflix but no clue as to what is on Prime. Anyone out there reading want to share information?????? 

So....do I bake my Birthday cake on Tuesday or Wednesday?????  Boozy Chocolate Bundt for the Win.

September Notes- Sunday, September 15th. Anniversary Day. 62 degrees 94% humidity

 Plum Torte.  I have everything needed to bake this...a pastry reminding me of my grandmother. She had plum trees planted especially for baking Plum Cake and Plum Dumplings.

Yesterday's outing with the Twins and their parents was a Total Delight.  We ate by the water. I ordered the mussels and got a gigantic bowl of them... I got French Fries on the side.  Very Parisian.  A short walk looking at the gorgeous annuals planted in gardens along the street....obviously that Town has a better selection in the Spring.  Way way better. And then, if the day hadn't been wonderful enough.....a bookstore. I had forgotten just how lovely  the towns on the River are- the old houses from the 1700's or earlier- one of the painted chimneys for the Underground Railway on a huge old house.  Next land to the east is Europe.  Sea Captains lived in that Town.

One of the twins ordered the Oysters.  A half dozen.  I worried he would choke when swallowing them.  They were very large and plump.  I watched to make sure he was okay with each one.

Yes, Living The Good Life.  The bookstore was followed by Round Top Ice Cream.  Strawberry Cheesecake (full fat) for me.....no intolerance by my digestive system.  A Fantastic Day All Around.

I will reheat and crisp the French Fries for lunch today.  I will be thinking about that full fat ice cream for a few days.  Giffords.  Perhaps the grocery has a few varieties?????? but I will continue to buy Lactate free milk for my cereal.....cause I really like it.  I am watching Premier League Soccer.  Tottingham v Arsenal. The fans are singing When the Saints Come Marching In.  zero to zero.  I love the singing. Someone scored while I was typing.

Today would have been my Wedding Anniversary- I guess it still is--- but we stopped celebrating (or remembering) the day long long ago.  I don't even want to do the math to find out how many years.  and yes, I might be admitting to being depressed.  About what I have to look forward to....right now I can't think further than the re-crisped French Fries.

September Notes- Saturday the 14th. 70 degrees 80% humidity. Sunshine

 Boeing Boeing Gone.

Eventually.  Would you actually buy a ticket and fly on Boeing??????  Not me. And not into Space, for sure. I wonder if the employees fly Boeing????  Not even a free ride for me.

Sunshine.  I need to go out and water the containers.  Turn on the hose.  Time is running out and soon I will have to empty the containers and haul them back into the backyard.  I am wondering of I will be able to fill and move them next summer.....I wonder about that...what will I still be able to do next year. And will I be living here next summer... I hope I will be.

Son brought down three flat containers of art supplies, paper and projects. I spent a lovely 90 minutes looking and sorting stuff I haven't used in a decade or more.  I was interested in so many things- that I am no longer interested in.

There was a 911 project my quilt group made.  And the letter I wrote and sent with the small signed flags. Sent to Fire and Police Stations.  Saying "thank you".  It was an amazing letter.  I don't think I could write anything like that now.

When I find these things....looking thru boxes.....I hardly recognize myself. Time changes us in ways that are difficult to accept. Circumstance as well.  That changes us most of all.

I have also found two sets of Tarot Cards.  Rider and Morgan Greer.  Both with beautiful images.  Because that is how I roll (possibly not using that word correctly). I had thought I would "read the cards" but I don't seem to have that ability or skill set.  I do live in my imaginary brain.....so I thought I could do it.

I'm going to see if I can order Lady Luck's Map of Las Vegas.-- blurb says it's sort of a "road trip"- If you have read a Road Trip book and enjoyed it- send me the title .....I am on sort of a roll and enjoying the road trip books.  Mrs. Nash's Ashes is a really good road trip book...which I am going to find and buy. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise was an excellent road trip book I will also be buying.

Something smells funny-- I need to sniff around...

September 13th. Persistent Nitpicking. Groceries.

 

Viburnum Nudum.  I like the berries.

Grass got mowed today.  New plants got watered.  Annual containers got watered.  Birdbaths were empty.  so they got rinsed and filled.   Meaning larger animals are coming to drink.

Library...I found some...hopefully good books.  Time will tell.

I found hangers for all the shirts I washed and dried yesterday.....one I know for sure doesn't fit- the German blouse I wore all the time.....back in the 80's.  I don't think I still own the wool circle skirts I wore with it.  I loved those skirts.  Mid calf length.  A friend made them for me.

I was correct.  On my birthday I will have completed  a year and begin a new one. When we are born we live an entire year before we are One.  I learn or re-learn things on a rotating basis.

I bought things I don't need.... I tend to think I have eaten most of what I buy on Friday's.....I haven't. I am finding spoon sized Shredded Wheat is a better fit as breakfast cereal than the Bran Flakes. I enjoy it with lots of milk.  Lactaid free.  I also bought that brand of ice cream to eat with my birthday cake. Which I will be baking on Tuesday or Wednesday.  Depending on my energy levels.  Boozy Pound Cake.

I read some news....I shouldn't have.  If I could turn back time I would not read it.

Well, since I was so very busy yesterday- I am going to sit on the couch today and read, watch tv and perhaps color another mandala.   It's going to be a good day.

I did not buy more Dark Chocolate.  I think I was eating too much of it.  Even thought it is supposed to be "good for you".

September Notes- Friday, September 13th. sunshine. 66 degrees and humidity.

 Lunch yesterday was fun.  The food was delicious and the company divine.

My cross the street neighbor came over to borrow baking powder.  New Neighbors. Nice. I got a peek at the sleeping one year old grand daughter.  Something I will never have. The grandson is 3. Why they moved to Maine.  Most excellent reason..........

The smoke yesterday was a neighbor burning stuff in his back yard...apologies to Canada.

I had Mussels for lunch (served on pasta-I skipped the gorgonzola cheese).  And chocolate ice cream and a brownie for dessert.  I also had a glass of wine. No supper.

Today is grocery shopping day.....but first the Library.  Most of the books I selected last week.....did not like any of them...I read two from the week before....and I am reading one from two weeks ago- again...makes three times I've read the book.  If I can't find anything this week- I am moving on to my own bookcase. And will read books I have read at least ten times......which is why I buy them.

Well, Life Goes On.  I sorted thru a basket in the sewing room closet.  Seems that at some point I stuffed the basket with linen shirts from my closet.  Nothing wrong with them- perhaps too snug?  anyway- I never did cut them up so yesterday I washed and dried them-- wash taking ONE HOUR--I had no idea....Son times everything.. and now they are on hangers waiting to be worn. Again for the first time.

Generally, the clothing I put on each day (as a widow) is loose.  Not falling off loose but...loose. The shirts especially are wide even when fully buttoned.  I might actually BE wasting away...... I do eat.  Quite a bit. but it's not building up....I am also wearing pants..well, some I never actually fit into until NOW. Red pants.  Cherry red...very very nice pants.  White shirts fully buttoned for the first time EVER.

September Notes- September 12th. sunny here in Maine- 67 with some Canadian Wild Fire smoke.

 out of the Polaris capsule........making history in Space.

Three hydrangea arrived late in the afternoon.  I covered them in netting overnight.  We haven't had many deer visiting but- fresh produce is always a lure.   I gave each a gallon of water this morning.  They look a bit worn out....possibly the ride in the car. Possibly sad no one bought them when they were fresh.  Hurt Feelings.  Tomorrow I will "juice them up with blue water".  Drugs.

We have smoke coming in from Canada....again. All the windows are shut tight.

I finished the second book by Louise Miller who is actually a Boston Pastry Chef.  So the recipes in the books are legit.  I am at loose ends regarding today's book.  I get to pick up new ones tomorrow.  I few of my choices last week are going back unread.   Last Friday was sort of a bummer day for book picking.

I have one request waiting- possibly two depending on the new service's first week.  Like a Shake Down Week.  Get all the kinks out.

I slept...I lay awake this morning with all sorts of thoughts going thru my head......exhausting. I actually would like to wake up to a new reality...like it happens in some of the books I read......that I made different choices and this new reality is actually my Life.  I would be making different choices based on the very poor choices I did make.  I would NOT have married my husband...for sure, I regret that.

One mistake like that and it's a house of cards tipping over......you can never never fix any of it no matter how hard you try.  I am hoping I get a Second Chance in a Second Lifetime- after I die.  Thinking this is what keeps me going......... I don't expect any miracles in the last years of this Life.

Mostly I am un-packing boxes and sending things to Goodwill.  Death Cleaning.

September Notes- Wednesday the 11th. 59 degrees 87 % humidity... Sunshine. Furnace overnight.

 OMG...would I love to have one of these today.  Bacon. Mayo.

I am still reading Late Bloomers Club...  they are baking cakes, trying to catch the departed (she died) Baker's dog, also not wanting a big box store in the neighborhood.  Same as in the first book. Big Box Store. And perhaps someone is falling in love?  Also...big money troubles. 

We have quite few big Boxes...in my small Town.  Huge, mostly empty parking lots. One closes and another moves into the building... and on it goes..... We don't have enough people living here to make it worth the effort of the BIG BOXES.  I do venture into Staples to buy a desk calendar and some pens.  Happens once a year.  January. Target even less often due to the piles of clothing on the floors. Under the rods and hangers. As a Tidy Virgo.......I want to run out of the building screaming.

So. Book Reading....Sunshine.....Socks......Blanket covering my legs.......Sports Talk Show.  

That's all she wrote.  I may need a sweater.

September Notes- Tuesday the 10th. 64 degrees and 61% humidity. Sunshine.

 I have started wondering what it might be like to paint......not walls but canvas or paper. Skip cloth for the time being.....though there are a few unfinished cloth projects calling my name. But...I don't have the colors of cloth I need for those pieces......and for some projects- the cloth needed has disappeared. I have the paper traced patterns etc...but not the cloth for half finished work.  Disappointment. Yes. Cloth. No.

I watered the containers out front.  Still looking quite lovely.  My landscaper has flown off to Paris for a wedding.  She will return next week (??- if it was me, I wouldn't return).  A neighbor has offered me two large Hydrangea.  Free- but I must dig them up and carry them away.  I might need to do just that.  If he can wait for the landscaper to return from Paris.  

Finished reading the City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller.  Now I really want to bake an Apple Pie.  Next up if the newest book: Late Bloomer's Club.  Same author same small rural town. Perhaps a recipe for waffles??????

I am tired these days.  It might be emotional fatigue.  It might be realizing I don't have much time left on this planet to finish or start things.  My Expiration Date is closing in on me.

Hallmark has had nothing for me to watch...for weeks.... Law and Order no longer holds my interest.  Nothing is really holding my interest..... I might actually be boring myself to death.

I sorted a cup full of ball point pens.....did any or all of them work... fascinating? no.

Haul out the central vac hose?  No.  Sit on the couch and stare at the wall? Yes.

Fall Notes- Monday September 9th. 53 degree, 87% humidity- sunshine.

 Found a picture today which I could have used yesterday.  Plenty of masks being worn here in Maine.

Reading  "The City Baker's Guide to Country Living" by Louise Miller.  Have read it before but reading it again as it now has a follow up second book..Late Bloomer's Club.  Lots of food being cooked and written about. Makes me wish I knew how to bake some of these things.

Martin has just brought  Olivia's dog Salty back to the cabin she is living in.   Salty and a goat had been found  (by Martin) in his mother's living room.  The dog and the goat were watching TV while Martin's mother was taking a nap.  All time best "meet cute" in any book I have read.  Olivia was also playing music on an instrument- violin? that she had heard while out on a walk in the woods....Martin's music.

Martin is not a happy camper.  He really does NOT want to fall in love. 

So...Tom Brady.  Play by play of a football game.  His voice might have put the FOX listeners to sleep. I had thought his voice was deeper....perhaps that was his football voice- after a game.  

I decided to read.

Tanner and Louise made it back home.  Any more words and it would ruin it for all of you. 

So. no newspaper as it's Monday.... 

No idea if any landscaping will be done today.  My gal might still be in Paris. Yes, my landscaping girl went to Paris, France for a weekend wedding. This is how Mainer's Roll. Like living in an Alternate Universe, huh???.  well, breakfast.......I'm hungry.

September Notes- Sunday the 8th. Sunshine 59 degrees 82% humidity.

 Life goes on.  COVID vaccination yesterday.  My arm started aching 5 or 6 hours after..... I didn't ask for the Flu shot as the only time I have gotten the flu was when I was still working and actually had my hands on the service desk- and must have touched my face or mouth.  Very very SICK.

I have, ever since, tried to NOT touch any surface that others can touch when in public during flu season. I watched the gal giving me my shot- wearing gloves- touch almost every surface in the small shot room at the grocery store BEFORE giving me my shot.  Nice.

I am almost to the midpoint of the Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise.  I wrote more but hell, I don't want to ruin anything for anyone.  It's a Road Trip Book- because they are actually in a car... driving....

Hopefully Tanner gets enough cash to finish her Senior Year of College... I was hoping for some miracle with her leg (no longer able to play soccer) but can't see how that might happen.  My daughter played soccer in college and loved it. So I can relate.  She also got a soccer ending injury. Thigh bone.

I was going thru some links to see if I could find a way to put in plot lines of a book and actually find the book.  so far...no.  It's not a great book but it's a nice "old" book.  Recruited (down on her luck) Teacher has to get a small town football team to actually make a C average so they can play football.  In order to get them to do any actual Math or English WORK she has to run laps etc with them...... on one run they find a small child stuck in a tree (in the middle of nowhere)--- way up high (there's a cat up there also)....... the team members lift her on their shoulders to get her high enough to grab the little girl- and the cat.

It's NOT a great book.  Was never a best seller...It's budget vanilla.  But I feel like reading it. Was in the shelving mid alphabet. Perhaps early mid alphabet. Technically sounds Rom Com but WAS NOT. Way too serious on the plot lines. From my library but for sure isn't on the shelves now.  No fancy dust jacket art ...to remember- cause I have a visual memory.... not the other kind.

I might read Linda Howard's Troublemaker a third time before returning it.  After Tanner and Louise make it to where ever they are going.  We will be watching football later today.  Having Football Pizza. 

Fall News- Saturday, September 7th. Sunshine. 65 degree- 89% humidity

Things are not working today.  No images and I can't get the margin over to the left side. I also noticed no one read yesterday's post so perhaps it never when out to you all.  Just sitting here doing nothing.  I sort of expected this to happen at some point.  The computer gives up every so often.

And now we have the left side margin.  Welcome Back.

I am also getting emergency hysterical updates saying my keyboard, mouse etc all need new batteries. They are working just fine and I battery tested the batteries and they got high marks...so what I am sensing here is a "computer dumpster fire situation".  

Perhaps yesterday's post never got to you and perhaps this one won't either.  Usually, though, if I don't post I get emails asking if I am okay.  That didn't happen- but then I might not be getting emails either.

I finished yesterday's book (took two days to read it) and today I have a road trip book that Deborah recommended.  My library had a copy.  Looking forward to reading it. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise.

I'll just keep going until.....well, one of you will get in touch to say the internet is broken. On my side.

I asked my sister in law to investigate a book I had read years- decades ago- see if she could find it'a title. I just have this feeling I wan to read it again.  

I also picked up a few other road trip books to add to the week's reading.

I am going to get my COVID vaccine today- later in the afternoon.  More and more people at the grocery wearing masks.   We'll see if the posts-- it might not.  This might be the end.

 

Fall Notes- Friday, September 6th. Grocery Shopping and Library Day. 71 degrees-

 This might be a repeat but that's how I am rolling this week. (I remembered to delete it in the picture file this time)

I have four hot-dogs and two buns.  

When I bought them I counted. It worked out correctly. Now it doesn't.  Today I am having last week's corn purchase- boiled and served with butter and salt. I loose track of my groceries.  

A book I read over and over- the guy has a schedule of meals.  The day the gal visits it's omelet day. Book is titled the Hating Game...I think you can watch it if you have the right services- Netflix???? I would love to have Netflix back....I just don't know how to do it.  Old Age is a Bummer.

I bought more fruit and nut granola...I haven't open it as yet.  Last tub lasted one day. It's very very delicious.  Crack Granola.

I might get blue hydrangeas for the front porch garden bed- daughter and her boss are going plant shopping next week.  Things might work out...nice when that happens and you don't have a plan.  There is a special one they buy for customers that is very very nice....that's the one they may be able to get for me.  Wish them luck!!!!!!  Would be gorgeous out front.

I got some books today- heavy bag....not sure I like all of them.

Tomorrow I get my COVID shot.  4pm.  I will ask about a Flu Shot.  Belatedly.  I try not to touch things. I did touch some things today.. but not my face.......so need to work on that..... I also  bought a can of soup with tortellini pasta in it.  Pretty excited by that.  It's almost Soup Making Season.  I love a good vegetable bean soup.

Still Summer Notes- Thursday, September 5th. 66 degrees, sunshine and 84% humidity.

 Sigh.   No Cosmic Compost.   Bah, Humbug.

My son and the guy cutting the grass...both very sad that the Peach Trees have been cut down.  I am not. The guy cutting the grass asked about who was doing my landscape work- asked me to give his "digits" to her.  He needs someone to do landscape cleanup. Finding people to "do things" is really difficult.

I don't even like to "do things" anymore.  Even my hot dogs yesterday seemed like too much work.

Re-reading Troublemaker.  Linda Howard.  Might go for a third read.....

I checked and CML has the Road Trip book Deborah recommended. I have it on reserve...pick it up tomorrow.  Today is the first day we can order from OTHER libraries.  I am waiting a bit..... let the early birders get theirs.  I love book recommendations. Rom Com Road Trips are some of the best kinds of Rom Com. I think I have two in my book case. Trapped in a car... Mrs. Nash's Ashes is a great road trip.  There's even a Broccoli Festival Parade. I read a British one about two people going to a wedding..... in a tiny car. One or both of them had been engaged to either bride or groom....gal got trapped in tiny bathroom at the church.  Any idea regarding it's title????????

So.....I changed clothing many times yesterday. It was very very cold in the am and then mildly chilly in the afternoon and then "just right" by dinner time.  Bedtime was warmish.  Four changes of clothing.

I skipped the front page of the newspaper.  Moved on to the interior pages.  We have quite a disturbance  locally due to fire suppressants discharging into the air and water on the no longer "in service" Naval Air Base (next door).  Seems the Navy left all their contaminates "aging" in place. And now they are "leaking" into the ground water supplies.   Well, I am already old...was going to die anyway.

Burrow has bleached his hair blonde..... And has two of the Patriots BEST- now playing for Cincinnati. In this week's Game.  Whoa!!!  How's that for karma??????? Both 6 -8 and over 330 pounds.  And mad as hell, I assume.  Gonna hurt someone....  I don't know who or what is happening in the Patriots Planning Office...but drugs, or lobotomies must play into it.  Pay to Lose.

September Notes- Wednesday, the 4th. Sun, 58 degrees with 95% humidity.

 Good morning.  Very chilly here in Maine this morning... I woke up somewhere around 3:30am and couldn't fall back to sleep.  No idea what that's about.  I am tired now.

Finished my book last night.  Thought about the characters before falling asleep.  Thought about what it would have been like to have had their story be mine.  Or something similar.  I did experience many long East Coast road trips in my Lifetime.  Maine to South Florida but not the Keys.  I was in the Keys only once but it was quite memorable.  The night sky- and all those stars.

I made a mistake in my Landscape Project.  I forgot about the Birds.  And I had too many large leafy things removed and the birds like those things- spaces to hide from predators and places to get out of the weather. I am sad that all - or most- of that is now gone. Along with the birds.  Sigh.  But it might also be the cold....  it feels colder than 58.

I wish I had the balance and stamina to do some digging and planting...I do not.  I am very often on the verge of falling down.  

So...I could call Cosmic and have a few yards of "most excellent" compost delivered.  I'll think about it. I'll also consider long pants, socks, thermal shirt and a sweater.  Right now I have none of that on.

The weather in Maine has gone over to the cold side.  But the Sun is shining.

I haven't selected today's book.....I am thinking something from the bookcase.....something I adore.

Mrs Nash's Ashes- A road trip love story- has put in in a pensive mood. I read it most of the day yesterday. I plan on trying to find it at the bookstore on my birthday visit or order it in Town.

Yesterday's hot dogs were almost perfect... one more time in the toaster oven...Twice wasn't enough. 

Dee had her tiny houses on her post yesterday...making me want to make a tiny square with a few tiny houses with pointy roof lines.... I have scraps handy....it's doable. I'd link but have forgotten how.

Almost Fall Notes- Tuesday, September 3rd. I might need to put on a sweater. Thermal shirt.

 

Hey, It's Tuesday.

Getting cold up here in Maine.  I might need socks and a sweater.  Definitely need socks and a sweater.

Lots happened in the yard.  Trees got cut, shrubs got cut down or trimmed.  Lots of bare dirt.  Clean up this Fall and planting in the Spring.  A Maine Winter isn't great for newly transplanted things- so we will wait. a Chain Saw which always makes a huge difference.

Need to stop rubbing my left eye.  It was itchy now it's...getting tender....

Reading a book....I don't like it so will chose something else.  Watched a Weather Channel show before bed. Sand, Oceans etc...it all looked dangerous.  Slip, fall and drown or get buried in sand.

I watched 15 minutes of a new show on regular tv.  The English Teacher.  Whoa.  It was on the one specific channel on my cable line-up where the sound is really iffy (FOX).  And you def needed to actually hear what everyone was saying.  A talking show not an action show.  Reminded me- like a heart beat, of my days as a "somethingOld/ adult" in the high school Math/English Departments.  When in the Math section I did everything and tutored and etc etc....in the English department I sat and did nothing.  Guess which department was run by a woman.

Anyway........wish I had been able to HEAR the dialogue of the English Teacher.  

The skin around my eyes is red and a bit itchy.  My last book was awful.  I stopped at page 50. I have to find a good one for today.... or take a nap.  I did have hot dogs yesterday but today will get them crispy in the frying pan.  I like them "blackened".  That's it... I think my battery is running near empty.  Emotional Battery.... so I need something to calm myself down....hit the reset button so to speak.  I even resorted to scrubbing the bathrooms.  That's like the last thing I ever want to do. Ever.  EVER.

Summer Notes- Monday September 2nd. 67 degrees, 59 % humidity. Sunshine.

 Something colorful today.

Landscaper is here again cutting things and clearing things out.  Someone else is coming to cut down the fruit trees.  Clear the way for the generator people.

Things are getting done and I am making decisions and that is getting me out of bed each day.  Purpose. I needed purpose to get myself moving.  I was stuck in idle.  For a lot of years.  Like an old car in storage. Can't get an old car roadworthy in 15 minutes......takes awhile. Flush the systems out.

So....this old car isn't on the road as yet...thinking about it. Thinking is half the battle. 

Sunday pizza was as food as usual.  No football. We did watch Open Wheel Racing. The Italian guy won.

Had a shower this morning before breakfast...bad idea as my blood pressure tanked.  I was out of the shower when it happened and close to the tall king bed... so it was okay.  I will eat breakfast before the next shower event.  This is nothing new... my doctor recommended afternoon showers......and I had been doing that.  

I did some math.  Since 2005 I have written and published 3439 posts. That first year 26 posts.

The interesting thing...I hardly ever get comments.  I could count them up but.....  it always makes me sad...realizing I am not writing to anyone most of the Time.  Just putting words out into Space. But it's a HABIT now and I wouldn't know how to "live" without the daily after breakfast and Sudoko puzzle event.

So...if you are reading this....thank you and good morning.