Daily Notes- Still Sunday....Snow HAS NOT stopped falling but really COLD

 Never lost power- as yet 21:56 --- but the generator would have kicked in.  We made Sunday Pizza and watched the Patriots football game.   Wow.   Started with green grass and ended in a blizzard.

We have about 12 to 18 inches of snow- but the plow has dumped more at the end of the driveway.  Son is not a Happy Camper.  It's not the kind of snow that can be shoveled with 5 inches of ice on top of loose snow if it resembles what Washington DC has.   16 to 18 inches.

Maine is now being visited by all the snow you all in the south east experienced.  Heavy Snow in Boston. Just an hour or two south of me.  Snow is supposed to stop by TOMORROW NIGHT.

My son might be packing his suitcase upstairs?  No he'd never leave his sports car behind. And he certainly couldn't drive it anywhere.

The football was a. SURPRISE... we won.  Toward the end of the 4th we couldn't even see the players. And they started out with green grass.

Almost time for me to think about getting ready for bed...I just had a very nice sweet orange...and now I need some water.  BE safe.  

Daily Notes- Still standing. Sunday January 25th. Seven Degrees.

  Vintage Snow Drops and Vintage Amaryllis.   I can't throw anything away without giving it one more chance to shine.   Even on a very cold dark day here in Maine.  No sunshine here.

  I  watched some soccer yesterday....then gave up on the TV and finished Agnes and the Hitman.  Today, if the football lets me down- I will finish coloring my drawings .......and I will read Anyone But You for a second and perhaps third time.... I adore a great romance.  And today is Football Pizza Day... Gotta love that.

 The shower head in my shower is shooting water out the top....needs a repair...since daughter says she is my assistant- I'm going to see if she steps up and calls in professionals to fix the damned thing... until then- I'll let it spray toward the ceiling when I shower.  Which even I know is a VERY BAD THING.

Pizza Sunday....  

You know what...I am going to just stop typing...I am not in a good headspace this morning....and I am just going to put a stop to this and  Son says it's the internet messing with the left side margin.  Crap.

Daily Notes- Sunshine on a Saturday in January....SEVEN DEGREES with SUNSHINE.

 Maine...

Well, not much to write about- I could add a photo of my four lovely navel ORANGES....fruit of the week.  Sad....When "four oranges" is the most positive thing one can say.

I keep thinking about January 6th...Insurrection...I think it's time for another. With better results.

We have oil....we have sunshine... I have a good book and a soft couch... I spent yesterday and this morning with tears in my eyes.  They carried a less that 2 year old away from his family. Without a blanket to keep him warm.  Where is he now??????? Cold? Hungry? Alive?

I doubt I would have a fighting chance if they came pounding on my door.

Not the America I want. 

Daily Notes for Friday, January 23rd. Sun Still Shining but we are bracing ourselves for WAY below zero.

No images....the iPhone needs a reboot.  Battery was low. iPhone is old...I have asked if I could use my husband's newer iPhone- change over- Son doesn't care for that idea. It's also old. But not AS old.

Way below Zero up here in Maine.   I bought snack-y things... Granola chunks.  Seeds etc. Cold Fried Chicken Chunks.  Pears and Oranges.  I skipped the yogurt as I am not supposed to have it with my kidneys being on the fritz,  I made the soup yesterday...it's not quite right....needs something  but not sure what or if I even have something good to add. I might simmer it with a Parm outside edge. I have one or two in the freezer. Never throw them away.  

I got more ham and cheese slices for roll ups....and there is another toasted cheese with sweet pickles....

I also bought one prepared meatloaf dinner....cause my lunch buddy mentioned meatloaf.  And I am easily led astray.

Sheets for my bed are in the dryer....I spun the mattress so I will be sleeping on new territory tonight.  The old mattress in Son's bedroom could be flipped....that one was a more "brand new " experience when slept on.  And doing that myself was always an adventure- I got slammed by the weight and height  (into the closet doors) at least once every time- usually more.  Way way too old for that now....bones are still sturdy though. Memory not so much. 

My lunch buddy has had to start a new email.....the robots took over the old forever email.

I am looking all over for my R&B- Robbe & Berking Silver- 150g.  Was here for decades but now missing.  I worry that in the change over to adding Son's household goods to the kitchen it got.....misplaced....sent to Goodwill by mistake...... 8 of everything and quite a lot of serving things. I was always "saving it" for special occasions... Don't Ever Do That. I was also doing things mindlessly as a brand new widow.  Make NO changes the first year is also very SOUND ADVICE.

I wear linen clothing I "saved" ---- just for sitting around the house.  Un-ironed.  I have a book to read... we skipped the Library -third week in a row, I think---because the sidewalks were NOT shoveled. Not safe for me to walk on.  And walking in the street is not something anyone should do in the winter- especially in a black coat.  

Daily Notes- took several starts to get here...ICE is here in Maine.. Population---91% white.

 When the Snow Birds return from their Winter in Florida- well, they will be very very brown. So I hope ICE is gone by then????   Or not...at times it's great to visit "the other side of Life" here in Maine.

The 91% white is from the New York Times article....I was surprised  they had the guts to print that.   But then they said the same on several TV news broadcasts....yesterday.  Maine...we are just so very "white".

I never managed to make the Toasted Cheese.....I got involved with rescuing some over wintered bulbs on the Sunporch....  and settled them after cleaning up etc the stones and water in the tall glass container..... they seemed confused at first but this morning...many have straighten up...gotten greener and taller.... Connie knows their name but I can't manage to pull it out of my head- SnowDrops?  SunDrops?

No image today....I was going to color one of the drawings on the index cards...instead I started reading Agnes and the Hitman.... Agnes made three batches of pancakes to feed everyone in her kitchen.... and then she started in on tenderloin lunch prep.   There were sausages also.  

I always have a deep desire to join them all in the kitchen.  The Hitman, The Clean up Guy (bodies), the two police detectives,  Three Wheels, the guy painting the house, Joey who brought a package of ribs........for supper.  And of course Agnes herself...cooking.....minus underwear..... and the characters keep coming in thru the door.....a great big noisy family type thing....

TheSun is very BRIGHT this morning there in Maine.  Hurts one's eyes as it reflects off the SNOW. Lots of Snow on the ground and more coming, I guess?????

I have continued to PROCRASTINATE regarding the SOUP...Still not made.  Everything ready to be peeled, chopped, dumped into the pot.....but haven't done it.

My Lunch Buddy got propane yesterday...told me in detail how handsome the guy was filling the tanks. Climbing over the snow pile the plow left by the side of the garage.  She and I have to enjoy the small pleasures we get.  She was also reheating Bow Street Meatloaf.....I mentioned taking me with her next time she drove to that store.  I like the meatloaf but like the big expensive sugar cookies so much MORE....