Daily Notes for Thursday October 15th. Sunshine with a bit of chill. 56 degrees

 I cleaned off the desktop..... I had images that I was using for the blog posts....was getting crowded.

I slept well but woke up tired so I reclined on the couch until I felt okay to make my breakfast ...oatmeal. And then I read the newspaper....OMG.....I have already voted so the amount of lies and fabrications in the commentary for Maine's Senate seat fills the pages without purpose. If anyone believes Collins votes for Mainers and not with Trump...bless your stupidity.

So sunshine and a chill.  I have to find something for my neck.. possibly the heating pad. Neck is making those bone crackling noises.... always shocking to listen to my bones moving around.

Daughter has dropped off a Roof Rake for use when the roof has a lot of snow on it.  She bought a new one for herself that she likes better..... son will try it out once it snows....see if he likes it.  Right now we have green grass.  

I have been eating my way thru my large container of homemade vegetable soup...nice to eat something warm when it's so cold in the house.  Son is leaving to have lunch.  He drives someplace and tries different restaurants.

I am strongly hoping that there are some Storage Wars episodes to watch today.  Nothin political or heavy or needing thoughts.....or decisions.  Just listening to people discuss storage locker contents.

I am reading Bet Me.  Just getting started.  Watched a Hallmark movie yesterday about a Philly Mechanic who discovers his real father is a Royal.. the father has a red convertible the mechanic repairs...  And then some Antiques Roadshow.   

Door bell with a shifty guy wanting to do a "thermal scan" for my house.... I don't need any repairs as I won't be here long enough to enjoy them.  Clock is ticking.

Daily Notes f0r Wednesday October 14th. The Sun is shining--54 degrees outside and 64 degrees inside.

The Androscoggin River Turbine Project between my Town and the one across the river had a  problem recently and the fish that usually cross over  were in, most cases, beheaded by the blades. The newspaper had photos...I didn't think I needed to share them with you.....  it was all very sad.

 After I paid my Property Taxes yesterday My daughter and I visited the Library... I also looked at some art and crafts books daughter thought I might like....but I told her I wasn't "ready" to start "making stuff" yet. The fabric strips are still to the left of the couch where I sit....I admit to not being able to find the right patterns or colors to work together as I would like.  Crabby Joanne.  Becoming Extremely Crabby Joanne.

Actually yesterday's activities made me REALLY  tired.   Tried reading. TV was abundantly political yesterday so I turned it off BUT thought Trump's problems with his relatives and relatives former significant others was pretty amusing..  Later I watched recorded episodes of Storage Wars.. I'm hoping I set the TiVo to record more for today's entertainment.  I really have no need to pay attention to Storage Wars...just watch.. I have my own storage locker intrigue in the Attic. Daughter and I keep hoping we'll find "lost treasure".

I have been turning the thermostat up on heating the house but I am still COLD..especially the back of my neck... so I am going to find my scarf and add it to the day's clothing.  I used the heating pad yesterday to warm up and will  do that again today....I'm realizing how OLD I actually AM.  I look forward to late lunch and a bowl of my vegetable soup...... until then Storage Wars or Antiques Roadshow.

 

Daily Notes for Tuesday 0ctober 13th. Chill in the Air here in Maine. 45 degrees and Rain,

 It's raining,

I made vegetable soup yesterday....every vegetable in the cupboard, in the fridge, in the freezer I could find plus a can of white beans  and some tiny pasta.  I had a nice bowl for supper and today is REALLY SOUP weather..  Dark and Wet with nice chill in the air.  I spotted two short squat deer in the back yard yesterday...dwarf somethings.. could they have been goats????..eating things- things that don't matter in October... so I left them to it.

News....well I am going to start blocking the News channels and just read the paper.  Discussing things you can't do anything about is a true waste of time. That's like talking about starting a diet while eating donuts.  I'm not starting a diet and I have zero donuts (which is incredibly sad).

I wrote checks and balanced my checkbook.......like being smacked around with wooden stick. and I have a HUGE Property Tax Bill to pay this week....... and VOTE.  That's this week also.

And a wake up since I was actually reminiscing about the olden days when companies sent out catalogs of all sorts of things I liked to buy... I have a stack of 25 cent LL Bean corduroy pants in the closet...all good..never worn by me or anyone else. Sometimes one leg is longer than the other???? I can hem... Sometimes there's a rip.  I can mend.  And since I wear them in the house....or in cold weather under a long black wool coat.....no one sees them...or cares.  I recall ( early in my time here in Maine) seeing old women shopping in the grocery in their nightgown and a coat.  I understand..now.

Daily Notes- I skipped a day and didn't even notice........also my stats went up. Today is Oct. 12th.

 Every so often things happen here that I have to find and delete... Stats..

Readership beginning with yesterday (going backward)....114,146,234,55,72,93.  Look like lottery numbers... last Tuesday was a Big Deal!!!!

My usual Readership Numbers are single and double digits... And the double is usually in the teens. So I'm referring to these number as Lies. Shameless Lies.

I woke up yesterday and the arch of my right foot was very very painful (perhaps I've already told you this--if so know that it's still painful today)..I hobbled around and then gave up and sat down on the couch with my foot up on the ottoman and read my book and watched tv. It was a decent day.  Son and I also made Sunday Pizza and it was fantastic as usual... I tried to watch the Saints play Atlanta but that match up has NEVER been anything I want to watch...so I looked at the ceiling for awhile and then got back into reading Agnes and the Hitman.  

Things are happening in the book...not any of them being "good things" but Agnes keeps cooking....making batch after batch of pancakes.  She's making ribs for supper while the guys are in the cellar trying to blow open the heavy bank vault style barrier to see what's hidden behind it.   Never a dull day.....  I'll end your suspense... No I won't.

The conclusion of this epic tale of bullets and bombs is real close now....  And really it's my favorite part.

So...Monday....I have on a sweater and wool socks....  I'm still cold.  Winter in Maine is really terrible.. It's why everyone moves to Florida and stays there until April or May...sometimes April is no weather prize... We've shoveled snow in April.  The bakery that makes the wonderful jelly donuts is closed for the Winter...  I had hoped for an October Farewell donut...but no such luck...... My grandmother made me jelly donuts....I watched her fry them....it was like watching magic happen as they puffed up.  She made her own jelly also.