Happy July Fourth. Was Sunny and Warm and now is cloudy and very warm. Then SUNNY again.

 I plan to enjoy Soccer and ignore the JERK pretending to be President.  

Son has our FLAG up on the porch.

It's getting hotter every day but the ceiling fans and the cool beverages help cool me down.  I also have a table top fan and move it around the house with me....  I want a shower but have to wait for my blood pressure to level out before entering a space that would be dangerous if I get light headed (there is a chair in the shower). Once was enough.  I sat in the shower chair until I could get up and shut off the water...do not want to do that again,

This Getting Old stuff was going Just Fine until it got hot and humid.  Now it's Sit, Read, Watch Soccer. Son says it's almost over.  We have Ice Pops.  In the Freezer. Son thought it was a weird grocery choice but he is enjoying the dark colored ones while I enjoy the pale colored ones.  

Saving the chocolate covered ice cream bars for a special occasion. Possibly to do with World Cup Soccer.

I ate half the cold grocery store fried chicken bites yesterday and saved the other half for today.   Protein.

I have a long trim board on the bedroom side of the back of the house that has rotted out....needs to be replaced before it gets filled with ants and rodents..   I don't have Repair People.   

As I was considering Repair People I have had working on this house--- I realized they were all named James.   None of the phone numbers I have are "in use".....

I have book two to read today in the Lottery Win Series....I never actually read number two but did read One and Three a few years ago.....the books I have were printed after that and it feels like they were edited heavily before the reprint......the dull stuff was removed.  I was not looking forward to the end of the first book but the re-edit fixed all of the Houston stuff- even a few plot points..  Today is Luck of the Draw.   I never actually read this one....because the intro was so terrible. So dull...So UGH. tomorrow I'll let you know if this book was also edited---after the first publication..

Friday July 3rd. It's HOT here in Maine and we are NOT used to it!!!!!! ZERO Central Air Conditioning.

 Wow, this has been quite a shock....the  heat ...

Library changed its schedule and was NOT open today....so I still have last week's books...and can read them again this week.  I have glasses of water in the fridge getting cold....water from the faucets is definitely NOT cold..... Shipped and the  Little Beach Bakery will be read again.. and again. Both books will be ordered for my personal bookcase......eventually.  Yesterday's book was from the bookcase...one of a group of three books....I'll be reading all three.

Too hot for me to go out shopping so Son said he did his "best" to get me food for the week...I have  so many wonderful salad vegetables to add to my big salad bowls.. "rabbit food"..gonna be a good week.  Hopefully this Heat will move off over the ocean. SOON. Or ocean breezes will come ashore.

We are waiting for daughter to have some time off work to help install the two window AC units.... she is working outside on landscaping so...exhausting.  And exhausted....probably just stands in a cold shower and then falls asleep.   One day after another.

Soccer has been good and it has been bad- a lack of good sportsmanship.....I know you want to win but sending someone to Urgent Care isn't the way to do it.

That's it- I have been in the house all week.......nothing great in emails and nothing interesting in  the mail..other than bills.   I need to hydrate.....take care.

Good Morning Everyone!!!! June 30th. Guys here to do the lawn mowing. 74 degrees and sunshine.

 Cherry Lime Ice Pop.

Do not have any of these in the freezer.   I was never a "great" home made ice pop person.

Soccer is going well...I was sad to see Germany have to move to penalty kicks...never a great thing.

Desk Calendar is full so July will be a fresh page here.  Tomorrow.

I am reading The Little Beach Street Bakery...getting towards the part of the book I don't really enjoy reading.   I might stop.   Start in on one of the other books.

My neck muscles are tense and stiff.  I need to relax and perhaps have some Tylenol......later,,,,, I already had my breakfast Tylenol.   Son says we are buying new window AC units....he better get on it... 75 already and not even 10am.  I have NOT opened any windows....so it's pretty decent in the house and I am....as an old person...running cold these days, so am doing just fine.  This is the one positive side of old age- running cold....other than in the winter.... when I watch the oil tank like a hawk.

Well, I have the last quarter of the Bakery Book to work thru.. then start in on one of the other books. I also plan to watch soccer....and that usually fills the day for me.  Hallmark has been a disappointment and I just can't force myself to watch Law and Order....  So World Cup Soccer for the win, I guess.

New desk calendar sheet tomorrow.... I think,

Daily Notes for a Sunny Monday in Maine.....June 29th.

 Cherry Pie

Well, I didn't make a pie.   I didn't make much of anything.  Yesterday.

Son walked in yesterday and pointed to the front window in the room where I spend my days...outside was a Deer eating my weeds.  Wild Life.  Ticks etc.  Deer wandered off to the next yard and some oak leaves..

The image up top was from a recent search for fresh cherry recipes.  To use up my bag of cherries...I will most likely just eat them cold out of the fridge...as usual.   Soccer is still happening but players look exhausted.

I have started in on an old favorite from the Library .....Little Beach Street Bakery.....she's just moved in....author is Jenny Colgan....the library is tossing old stuff so I might need to try and buy a copy for myself.....first edition 2014.   Might be "out of print" as they say. I may be the only person reading this book.  Once a year or once every two years.

Reading old favorites is very much like a nice visit with an old friend....and most of my old friends are dead. (one moved to Canada).   So...a book.

A renewal notice for my Driver's License.  Last time I had to send away for a NEW copy of my birth certificate... It's always "something" at the DMV. I can't imagine what it's like to work there and drag one's self out of bed, dress, have breakfast and then drive to the DMV...for a full day of whatever comes your way.  And the waiting area is always PACKED.  I don't intend to EVER drive a car again...but do need an ID. I think I have given up on a Passport....lots of places I would like to go but let's be honest here...would I go?????

Amsterdam and the Van Gogh museum.  Paris and the Louvre.  That's about it. Perhaps a British art museum????  Cup of tea.  Scone.

Well, my desk calendar has only a few stamp sized spaces of white... for me to draw and color in. And then a brand NEW sheet of white paper under this keyboard.  My colored pencils are sharpened...ready to roll.