Daily Notes for September 18th. Sunshine here in Maine and 65 degrees

 It's my Birthday and I shed some happy tears already.....aren't these flowers gorgeous?  From my brother and his wife.  They always send the most beautiful flowers..... thank you Bill and Susan. I very much appreciated emails from former co-workers....Janet and Renee.  Thank you both.  My Bankers sent a lovely card signed by everyone.... they take such good care of me. Answer all my questions.

So Finally I can say I am Eighty Years Young.  I've actually been telling people I'm 80 for a few months  ... I just get so excited about having a Mile Stone Birthday.  And tomorrow is the first day of my eighty first year.

Today is grocery shopping day and the store bakery usually has nice small cakes....and the freezer section has delightfully good quality ice cream....  sigh..Life Is Good.

I have books to read...I was trying to finish Wild Orchids last night but gave up and went to bed.  I thought it was Library Day today....but it's not.  I can read slower today.......laughing.

So.... time to get ready to go to the grocery store....the best gift I ever got was this blog and the lovely people who stop by and read my words each day ...or once a week (laughing). thank you !!!!

Daily Notes for Thursday September 17th. Sunshine.and 71 degrees

Amy Roberts Photo

Yesterday and today's book is Wild Orchids.. Devereaux..I have read it before but perhaps not all the way thru??? 104 pages into it and still not a clue as to the story line.  Was on the very bottom book shelf at the Library.... The previous old Devereaux was Hearthstone...I had read it long ago also. Was better than I thought it would be.

I have a headline from the desk drawer clutter clean out yesterday...."Medicare, Social Security Go Broke Dates move closer as health costs rise."  In 2034 they will cover only 81% of costs.  Fourteen Years.  From now.  My monthly check will be 19 percent less????   I'll be 94????

I had the most interesting dream last night....the guy I always liked looking at while eating lunch in the College  Cafeteria stopped by my parents house to visit (me) and the guys across the street walked over to invite him to shoot baskets. I stayed on the porch.  Then I woke up... that's like 60 years in the past....but it was delightful.  He actually DID drive all the way to my house to visit and smile at me....in real life.

But stupid me still managed to marry the wrong guy. Who hardly EVER smiled at me.

So....now you know why I read Romance Fiction.  And sort of wait for the other guy to show up on the porch...we'd both be really old.  

 

Daily Notes for Wednesday September 16th. Sun drifting in and out here in Maine.

 I don't have much in the way of images for the blog right now. I should drag any image I use to the wastebasket here at the lower right on the desktop screen. immediately  Start a new habit.

There is nothing much going on here.... I continue to watch Hudson and Rex.  I have many recorded episodes.  Hudson is a tall thin dark haired man in season one and drives a blue car......the other guy must replace him after this season ends????  I like the other guy better... his car is the same color as my Honda. and he has blue eyes and curly hair.  Nearly everyone on the show has blue eyes.

I keep hoping to find something else to watch in the weeks and months ahead.....I also am 2/3rds into Heartwishes by Devereaux.  And I have more books on the pile to read...  TEN to be more specific.   The weekends are very long and tedious.. So I like having books on hand.  Unless, after my  birthday...I take up napping.  (Deb..I really really cannot stream!!)

The closer I get to my milestone birthday.. (I am hoping I get cake and ice cream) the more exhausted I am....the less interested I am in the news...I have always paid attention to the news.  Now I don't.  I just noticed I haven't been crossing off the days on my desk calendar...  I stopped on the 10th.  I have decorated the day of my birthday here on the desk calendar like a  Parade Float.  I'll snap a photo for you on Friday.

That's all I have to say.... everyday seems just like all the previous days (except for the DMV yesterday).  All the library books are starting to seem like all the other library books.  The Sun always shines....it never rains.  The grass has started to green up ( the tiniest amount)  just when I was getting used to it being light BROWN.

I'm even starting to think my very heavily weed filled garden beds are normal.  Earlier this summer, looking at all the weeds made me cry. Literally made me cry.  Now?  I don't even bother to look out the windows. Something tall and blue is flowering... I haven't asked anyone to see if the grape vines made grapes this year. I don't dare try walking out and down to the fenced garden...myself.

As I close in on my birthday I have gotten unsteady on my feet.

Daily Notes for Tuesday September 15th. Sunshine and neighbors getting a "Heat Pump"

 Chicago's Jordan Marsh Blue Berry Muffins.

I've eaten them and they are worthy of every good thing written about them.

Woke up with one itchy eye.  Drops have been applied.

I recall reading Nancy Thayer books and will be doing some research. \

My Mouse Battery's are low and need to be recharged.  And is now doing just that.

If there are errors..excuse them...please. I can't move around as I usually do, and my itchy eye is BOTHERING me.

Garbage and Recycling Day....

So that's it... the weather has changed and I need to find and drag out my down comforter... and fold up and put away my cotton summer quilt.  And on that note I will hit publish and move to the couch and a book I have, I think, read before...even if it has echos of another book I recall reading. memories are doubling down.