Daily Notes for Saturday September 26th. Cloudy with perhaps a chance of RAIN? Or Sunshine?

 

So it's centered yet again... It does NOT look like this in Maine.   Leaves here are still very very GREEN.

The only things hitting the ground are acorns.  As to the RAIN there is a bad storm running along the Atlantic Ocean.  And we are close enough to the Atlantic Ocean...but all reports are that it will miss us.

I haven't much to report.  The cross the road neighbors are not doing much either.

I have a cough and son got me cough syrup..the same one as last year at this time. I think it's the dry air in the house.  Occasionally the cough is what my doctor prefers- "productive".

Saturday Cooking Shows?????  hopefully if PBS isn't begging today. If they are then I will watch something else or read a book.  Nothing is recording.

So...my neck bones are snapping and crackling.  My left eye is itchy. I haven't started coughing as yet. I misplaced my socks....no, I found them. And I plan to sit on the couch and watch cooking shows. 

Then I plan to read a new Abby Waxman book. One Death At A Time

I did enjoy the Bookish Life of Nina Hill and the Garden of Small Beginnings.

Which are in my bookcase.

My bookcase holds all my favorites in safe keeping for when I can't go to the library anymore. 

Yours too, Deb.

But now I must watch my cooking shows on PBS...unless they re fund raising (I checked..they are not) and then I will watch Hudson and Rex crime solving in New Foundland.

Daily Notes for Friday September 25th....Sunshine Yet Again Here in Maine.

Not a cyclone...just the accumulation of desk top calendars.. years worth. Lots and lots of years.  I've created my very own "black hole".... of words...and images.  A daily diary of sorts..

I was thrilled the day I found an empty box perfect for desk calendar storage.... Not too tall and not too wide.

So today I have a leaky, itchy eye....my own fault..It started yesterday and I rubbed it...never do that. and this morning it was stuck shut with crusty stuff...it's fine now. Well, as fine as it can be...

Okay...what's new?  Not much....it's getting colder each morning....the Sun is still very shiny...the grass is green in the back and yellow brown in the front.  Not one clue as to the WHY of it.  Though there is a septic tank back there and it could be providing moisture?????  Back in the olden days when this house was built on vacant land.....sandy vacant land.....they didn't add sewage to the amendments.  And the Town never has revisited that decision.

I continue to watch multiple channels of lame cable tv during each afternoon.  Evenings...I read.  But I haven't been reading.....instead I stare at the walls, ceiling and out the front and back windows... I close my eyes and think about the past.....how I would make different, better decisions if I had the chance of a "do over".  But only if I could remember what I did wrong this time around.  Going in blind I might make the same mistakes.

Well, today is grocery day....I still have a few things from last week that I never ate...  I did finish the store prepared meatloaf dinners...and will not be getting more of those in the weeks to come...I also haven't eaten the prepared Pot Stickers.  I actually thought I would have eaten those by now. I like them.....

So. that's me for today...  I'll change into to a better quality top before we go to the Grocery store.. these old stained men's work shirts are not up to grocery standards.  Though the one I have on is hardly stained at all...and the stains are from the old dye works/painting I did here back in the day. I tend to wipe my hands on my clothing when doing messy work......who cares anyway...no one notices old women.

Daily Notes for Thursday September 24th. Sunshine here in Maine...again. 60 degrees

 Nothing like this happening here in Maine.   All the leaves are still green up here.

My car is now fixed...   and tomorrow is grocery day.  I still have things to eat in the fridge...from the last time we shopped.   I also scrubbed the glass top of my new (ish) stove- there must have been some grease on the bottom of my frying pan...it took awhile but the stove top glass is now very very clean.

I also have some ironing to do but not enough items for a washing machine load.  

I have been noticing how many people on the TV shows I watch have blue eyes. I know...that sounds weird but once you start noticing it gets more and more interesting..

The newspaper said this was the second hottest summer on record for Portland Maine...I find that hard to believe.  I would believe it was the DRYEST Summer.......we usually have a few really amazing rainstorms with lightning and thunder....but not this year at all.  And perhaps not in a while.

The grass in the back yard is very very green...and needs cutting.  Front lawn not so much.

The Birthday Cake is history but I still have ice cream.

Daily notes for Wednesday September 23rd. Sunshine here in Maine....

 Veggie Sandwiches.

My Little Copper Colored Honda Fit has gone to the Honda dealership to have a recall fix...re-fixed.  It was that or buy a new car.  This seemed less expensive...but my son is there with the car.... for all the hours it takes to do the repair.    We are having an interesting few months. But I doubt he would use the word "interesting".....

My birthday horoscope suggested "lowering my spending and optimizing my earning potential". (funny)

I scheduled a Boiler Cleaning appointment for next week.  Winter Heating Potential.

Both the pictured sandwiches look good to me....the one on the left looks like cheese and salad..I'd eat that.  Yesterday I had a grocery store Meat Loaf dinner... not sure what I will have today.  I also had the last wedge of my birthday cake with ice cream......it was good day.

Cooler weather and sunshine here in Maine....prepping for Winter...lots of acorns on the driveway.

I'm continuing to watch Hudson and Rex. Lots of repeats but the occasional new episode. At first I found the candy colored houses enchanting but now...not so much. I got used to them.  Not much happens but the scenery is interesting.... I might want to visit my northern neighbor some day. See if all the houses are actually candy colored.