Thursday, August 06, 2026

Daily Notes with Some Interesting Tidbits. August 6th.

 


I FINALLY recalled what I wanted to share with all of you... we all remember the President hot gluing fake gold styrofoam coated stuff to his White House fireplace???? Yes?   

Well, What To My Wondering Eyes Did I SEE on Hallmark a day or so ago????.  A movie about a king and his household and there on the front of the fireplace-  "look a like" gold additions to the Hallmark Fake Castle Fireplace. All shiny and cheap.......

I am wondering if the Memory Impaired President watches Hallmark?????  

The Deer came and ate the ONE LILY...it was quite lovely the day I got to enjoy it. I was going to take a picture of it but...I did not. and now it's too late.

I added a "touch" of fake  Splenda pink lemonade to my Electrolyte Water... excellent. Very Drinkable. Today's improvement is a straw.... I still have trouble with temp of the water- very cold...gives me a "sinus freeze". My target (in next hour or so) is to get the level of the water to the bottom of the label or drink it all..  I do best with a target.

Later I have cold chicken nuggets from the grocery to polish off.  Today is Robo call day...everyone who speaks after I say hello... says their name and then clears their throat....I wonder if that is is the script????? Say name and then clear throat.....this is my cue to hang up.

We have added the window AC unit to the mix today as it is supposed to be getting HOT today.  Not a problem for me as I am running cold most days....even to the point of using the down cover on my lap when I read.  Son has gone out to have lunch.... I have an hour or more to "run amuck".  

Laughable.  My book is one I have read many times.....I like The Ending... so I'll keep going and then pick something else.  Bad Luck Bridesmaid.   There is another Bridesmaid book I enjoyed....those brides never made it down the aisle either.

Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Daily Notes for Wednesday August 5th. Sunshine and 76 degrees in Coastal Maine.



 I had an image for you but can't get it to transfer here... the computer is new but the website is old.    I drew this in one of the date boxes on the desk calendar (the 13th).  I like filling the calendar boxes with drawings.   And here it is....finally arriving.

 Don't have much to say. My days are pretty much all the Same and nothing exciting happens....even the flies that make it into the house... don't fly they just drift real slow.

My Honda is getting new tires....prior to its State Inspection. A number of things have happened to this little Honda.  A recall on the entire back end of the car... was pretty exciting....daughter and I exchanged cars as one was being fixed and then the other.  Both had the same recall.  I even drove husband's huge black  Land Rover for awhile..........All the Land Rovers eventually got a recall notice.

I prefer Honda.

Well, not sure what is going to occupy my DAY today but so far...it's been the newspaper, the Suduko and my Oatmeal.  I haven't finished my breakfast coffee but did take my pills.   That pretty much checks off the majority of my Daily Activity.......I do need to drink my Electrolyte Water.  Select the Book of the Day for reading.... Perhaps sew another handful of scrap cloth into a square or rectangle. (size of a large index card)....quite a few library books have gone into the bag unread.  Bad choices.

I am slogging thru a book ...nope...I gave up on that one.  Rich people having a difficult time....yawn..... This next one "Bad Luck Bridesmaid" ...I kinda think I read it already.  Like a few years ago.  We'll see.  then I might just give up and read something out of the book case here at home.  Or sew....Or just stare at the wall like my old cat used to do..   Old Age is Miserable.

Things could be worse- I could be hauling myself to the Elks Club for Bingo.  

Tuesday, August 04, 2026

And Here It is Tuesday already.....August 4th. Sunshine and 79 degrees already.


 This looks like something I should know the name of.......I don't.

Spent yesterday evening with the Rovers on Mars, a probe sent to the Sun....History Channel. No reading.

Son is going to lunch and dropping off my unwanted Library Books...

I picked up two new lighthearted Library  books yesterday after lunch.....I am reading a book with more "physical activity" than I am comfortable with....the couple just met......she does know he is a cop....the uniform is a great hint when he's wearing it.   I also have a terrifying book....Karen Slaughter's Triptych.   

A bit of everything....I even got a book with a pink cover-- a romance?????  One can hope.

There is a potential gathering of cloth scraps next to my ottoman.....trying to get my attention. Trying to get me to thread a needle and sew them together.   I did sew a nice happy square  together the other day but ran out of fabric scraps so...it can't get any larger.... and I left it somewhere and can't recall where.  Getting old is really a strange thing.  It's like the brain pathways are all dead ends.  Eventually.

I had my dose of Potassium (banana) and my Fluids (salty water) and now I am considering a walk down to the Sewing Room.  Today is supposed to turn into a HOT DAY with HUMIDITY... yesterday was Cool and Wet..  I liked Cool and Wet......it was comforting.

Well. that's all the News Fit To Print for today....  there is no Soccer.no more Mars Lander rolling around in sandy soil... or rockets heading for the Sun...and Hallmark...just no. Law and Order was dull the few times I have tried it lately......and I did so enjoy Lennie.  I could dig around in the BIG GERMAN Cupboard for a book....Lots of them in there...I could read the new book daughter found- with Vikings. I could read a Vintage Trade Paperback about Kidnapped Women locked in the Ship Captain's room. Usually she has a chain around one of her ankles..... Wouldn't get published these days. 

I did like the one where the captive woman was actually a Ship Captain herself and chained the men up and took the helm during an awful storm.. Now that one was a delight.

I need to drink some of my Pediolyte.  (spelling is not correct). It does seem to help though.  



Monday, August 03, 2026

Monday August 3rd.....It's Raining...Pouring Rain here in Maine.


 We haven't had much Rain this summer and front lawn is brown and back lawn is green.  Looks like it might have stopped... nope- just the wind has stopped.

I have a lunch date today...in 2 hours.  

I started this before going to lunch....and then forgot to return...Lunch was a delight...good food and excellent company.  BLT and a nice layered chocolate cake and pudding dessert in a tiny cup.

After lunch we stopped at the library and I picked up  my ordered books and few others....My friend and I also looked over the "uncovered library "new"  construction" and neither of us had much to say...it all looked the same.  Except for the couch along the wall.  Why??????? In the entry way would you have a couch???? 

   We checked out books at a card table over by the stairs.  We even climbed the stairs to look at the second floor... reference-- which actually had books on the shelving units....they'd been empty for months. 

I might have someone who will weed a bit for me....cross your fingers that I do? Please.