Daily Notes for Thursday, November 5th....Clouds and Leaf Covered Lawn. (I thought it was Friday)

He loves to have his name on things. Even on the People's House.  Which is NOT his House.  This is NOT an actual representation but ...it's someone's idea of a joke... The need to add his name to everything is a sad representation of his mental state.. and even sadder one of his emotional state.  Still a child. MINE!

I'll be having great dessert images here for the remainder of the week into next.    Politics?  No..Just No. And the desserts will only be images not Reality.  

The Sunshine from yesterday is GONE.   I have on my wool sweater, thermal under shirt and wool socks and might even add a secondary sweater to today's outfit. But as of now. I added a nice shawl to the outfit. Black with gold designs... the shawl is on my shoulders every single day of my life since it arrived in the mail.

For the very first time in quite a long time...I am finding it difficult to read a book from cover to cover in one day- the one I have on the couch is in its third day and I haven't gotten very far.  My attention span seems to be shrinking,  Old Age is certainly more difficult than I expected.  Very Presidential. Ha!!!!

Daughter clipped branches off the rose bush by the side of the glassed in porch..then clipped them further into short pieces.  Way more pinchy thorns than anyone wants. I recall the actual roses as being small and a pretty pink. We are NOT digging the roots out of the ground.  

We might not have voted on that....as yet.

I finished off the hot dogs yesterday and today I will have a grilled cheese with pickles. Clear the decks for Grocery shopping tomorrow..... I saw lactate free cream cheese in the grocery handout...and want to try it on some cinnamon raisin bagels next week.  "Research Purposes".   I also have yogurt ice cream bars but not very often.

Recalling the MONTH when I ate only steamed rice and vegetables (Doctor's Orders)....no flour, no eggs, no dairy, no meat.   I could have a banana..no other fruit was allowed.  As the weeks went by I could "TRY" one new food to see if my "terrible symptoms" returned (also was taking steroids).  It was awful but.. I healed myself.  I still like a bowl of steamed plain  Jasmine rice.  I add a small amount of balsamic vinegar to it and some tiny green peas..   Sounds pitiful but...one gets used to pitiful..  when the rash, the itch and the swollen eyes go away.  

Oddly enough my youngest brother had these symptoms at birth almost and into his adult life also. One month seemed like too little when I thought about his years of suffering.

 

JD Vance Blaming Trump for the LOSS

 So perfect you just can't make this stuff up.

Daily Notes for Wednesday November 4th. So Many Election Surprises.!!!!! An UpRising.

 We The People....have spoken..Enough was more than Enough for most of us.  Sort of like when Obama won and they all said it wasn't possible.  The People make it Possible when we get fed up.... we took the House of Representatives and the Senate. Back... 

I tried to stay up watching one Red Candidate after another losing. Governors, Senators, Representatives...a clean sweep.......waiting for totals from Maine...but gave up..this morning first thing before anything ...newspaper.... Our Resident Senate Trump Butt Kisser LOST...... Let's have a parade. Too bad the guy who won is no prize.....but a win is win.... and in his first 6 years he can't actually do much of anything.

I stayed up until Rachel of MSNBC said they needed to take a station break because people needed to pee.

Supposed to get up to 74 today in Maine with Sunshine.  And we have lots of Sunshine today.. keeping us warm as we wait for Heating Oil.

Daughter was here yesterday and did SO MUCH WORK on the landscaping...  Cutting back all the perennials.  Pulling weeds...  we both hoped the Lawn Guys would come do one more cut...it's not happening.  I do have a lawnmower in the shed if she wants to mow.  I do not know how to make it work. I did at one time....but that Time was so very long ago. 

Perhaps Son could get it going...??????

Daily Notes for Tuesday November 3rd, I wish I had French Onion Soup...

 November and my "landscaper" is out back doing things.  Cutting back the False Indigo and hauling it to the back property line.  For starters.   It's a real mess out there.  Grass needed one more cut. Didn't happen.

Son is doing the thermostats as I either do them at the wrong time or wrong temp...  which is why I wear thermal socks,  a nice warm wool sweater and a scarf.in the house....  we are being frugal with oil...for heating. We have no secondary heating source.  We got Trumped yet again.  We have Auto Delivery so when we get low enough...we hope the truck comes.  

A SURPRISE in the mail yesterday...a hardback copy of Fast Women.  Thank You.... Thank You....Thank You.  It fit so perfectly in my bookcase.  I'm trying to like Don't Look Down from the Library but it's not what I want to be reading this week.....so I'll select something else... I chose old favorites from decades ago on yesterday's Library visit.   And I few other's I'll name as I read them...  Next visit I am taking my Library Notebook with me- has lists and lists of books.  One's I've read.

I grabbed my shawl and have it wrapped around my neck.  Heating pad is on my couch if I feel the need.  I did late in the afternoon yesterday,  At 80 I get cold sooner and take longer to warm up.

Answering questions on my Peonies...daughter is using their Latin names...I once did that...Wo Peng is the kind that doesn't get cut back. He's out front.  

Connie we both have Landscaper Daughters!!!!!

Well, that's about all I have for you today...I'm going back to Don't Look Down... there are things about that group of people that I like.  I am going to check in on the TV listing for Storage Wars...see what I can record for later.  A grilled cheese sandwich for lunch for me with extra pickles or Hot Dogs....Daughter brought a container of Hungarian Soup for her lunch.   We all three of us are individual in our likes and dislikes.  Husband liked chicken noodle soup... We three do not. 

Daily Notes for Monday November 2nd. One More FULL TV Day of Political Ads.

 Batwing flower. Interesting.  Sort of a cat vibe also.

So furnace is running...it's comfortable in here right now now.....I have had my pills, oatmeal and Electrolyte water.  My hair is combed (extra points), I have proper (leaving the house) clothing on (triple extra points) and only need to add my socks to the ensemble.   Library to drop off books and pick up new ones.  Perhaps even find a fresh old magazine to enjoy on the free magazine rack,

I watched almost all the football in the afternoon yesterday.. witnessed some season ending injuries, Sunday Pizza was excellent as usual.....I had mine with a nice salad.  What we need here (I can imagine Son cringing) is DESSERT.  We don't have it because he loves dessert and refuses to give in to it.  So I have these tiny toddler cups of ice cream in the freezer.....for emergencies.  Not very often.

If it was a box of shortbread cookies????? Lifespan of the cookies would be very very short. Indeed.

I have been coloring my Autumn Pumpkin with multi colors of Sharpie.....When it''s complete I will share it with you....for sure by Thanksgiving.  Each color needs to dry before the next one. Consumes TIME.

The top right of the computer screen is tempting me with an offer to learn how to take a screenshot.  Really?   That Batwing flower is a screenshot if I ever saw one??????? correct me if I'm am wrong.

Well time to tempt gravity and pull on wool socks without face planting on the wood floor.  Always a scary situation.  I would really hate smashing yet another pair of eyeglass frames.

RE: political ads...we get one that mentions a candidate who had two children with his 2nd cousin. Here in Maine that's not a surprise. It's not even news.