Daily Notes for Sunday August 16th. Sunshine and 73 degrees- no AC needed

 An abundance of blue.

I personally have an abundance of very tall WEEDS.  Everywhere.  And the two mice we found dead and dehydrated in mousetraps over by the south wall of the kitchen

Today's Garwood book is Sizzle.  Library is tomorrow so I will gather up a few more of her books. and perhaps a few Linda Howard.  I might try and find a book list from ten or more years ago...try and read the ones with a star.  I kept a notebook or two of lists of books.

So..I'd best get on to my book reading....Not much on tv.  Making a Library Book List for tomorrow's visit to the Library.  I have one more Garwood to read- Sizzle......and if I remember correctly..it does.

Sizzle.   that's it...now to reheat my coffee and settle into the couch.... I took a morning shower and my hair is very very shiny and WHITE.  And if I am truthful...WIDE.

Today is Sunday pizza.  I've been reluctant to have a salad with all the poopy lettuce going around. But I do have some shredded vegetables I could mix into the last of the Ranch Dressing for a nice salad. I could but we'll see if I would.....take care enjoy the day.

Happy birthday to someone special!!!!!!   Love you!

Daily Notes for Saturday August 15th. Sunshine here in Maine and 75 degrees..

 Scabiosis

Also do not have this in my garden.   Reading my second Garwood book The Ideal Man.  Not a favorite. But I will read it to the end and then start in on Sizzle or Slow Burn.  Get more when I visit the Library. Also suggested daughter pick up ANY that have FBI in the front cover blurb at the Summer Library Book Sales she attends....  Wired was great.  I see that word "great" so often in books....I have gotten to the point where it is hugely annoying. He's great.  The garden is great.  The food is great etc etc etc. 

I'm at the point where I am leaning toward writing down the dictionary meaning of that word. And sending it to a few authors. He's great. She's great etc like that has any significant meaning for the Reader. What makes that person, thing, food or event "great"????  Tell me...

I read ALL of the books by this author when I was given the Winter off from my Greenhouse job. This was after a few winters of terrorizing books by an author I have blocked from memory.  I can't read that stuff anymore.  The closer one comes to eternity the less you enjoy fictional death.  But a good FBI book by Julie Garwood......entertaining.

At some point I will make a phone call to my cable provider and see if I can get Turner...and watch old movies.   In one of the books I love reading  the two people watching movies together watch  His Gal Friday and well....I recall that movie...watching it at my grandmothers house when I was 10 or 12.....  and thinking I would like to have that sort of relationship.   I never did.  And I never will.

Daily Notes for Friday August 14th. Sunshine here in Maine....

 I own something that looks like the vase over to the right.... I also have boxes of artificial flowers in the Attic.   I would fill a vase and have it at the end of the Circulation Counter where people retuned books when I worked there.  Nothing that "welcoming" is going on".

I have a very large glass vase on the table in front of the long stretch of windows facing the front porch. Daughter brought down the boxes and I selected flowers.  I made a short but wide arrangement she didn't like but...I stuck to my guns as they say and it's the one on the table.

When Fall arrives I'll ask her to carry the box down again.....I am still not authorized to go up the stairs. And I have no plan to go up when no one is home.   It's the going DOWN that is not in my best interests.

I got up late so Son has gone to lunch and we will do groceries when he gets back.  Time has little relevance  to my Life so....it matters not.

Julie Garwood's  Wired was the perfect book for a middle of August read.... I looked on my Library Shelf and I selected two more.....feels like I gave myself a fantastic gift.  Today it's Ideal Man.  Library is Monday so I'll read one or two of the new books daughter brought me.  There is one very large hard cover by Mary Kay Andrews- Road Trip that I have never seen before or read. Also got me the Newcomer which I may have read long ago.

If you are reading this Sam- on your next Book Sale visits- try for some Garwood..

Daily Notes- Thursday August 13th. Another Summer Week comes to an end

 I have nothing that looks like this anywhere around my house.

Wrote checks for two bills....

No Book Chosen to be read but daughter brought a few new ones from a  Used and New Bookstore. Not sure about some of them.   Haven't chosen anything to be Today's Book.

Hallmark TV is 25 years old.  I watched one movie yesterday...recalling why I stopped watching them. But the guy actually touched the woman he was supposed to like so that was cosmic..... no kissing.

I'm considering a phone call to my cable company-- so I can watch Turner Movie Channel.   Old Movies. For a few weeks and then cancel.  I'll be up front with a few weeks and cancelling.  I've checked their list of movies and I like a possible 5 to 8 of the hundreds listed.   Actually would be happy with just the one.  The office one with Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant.  Where they argue all the time.

I used to have this channel but then husband chose an all sports package...gag.  I have so many sports channels and no one watches ANY of them.  Husband watched Wipe Out.  Never watched SPORTS.

A very very slow start to the day......if I lived alone I'd still be in bed. With a book. Possibly crying.

I'm considering a Knight In Shining Armor for today's book.  I'll cry a lot but ...at times it's a good thing. But daughter ALSO brought a new Beach Street Bakery Series book- one I haven't read,  Sunrise By the Sea and a Mary Kay Andrews book.,,,,, Road Trip which I definitely never read.  There is another "read once" Mary Kay Andrews book....I liked it even though there was violence etc. so that new book is also an option.

I'm thinking I HAVE read Sunrise by the Sea.... I'll

I moved something by the Sunporch back door by the sink.... two very dusty mousetraps were DISCOVERED and two very dusty dead MICE,  I left a note for my Son...if I had found them yesterday before daughter visited..I'd have had her move them....trap and all.into the garbage bag in the garage.  Buy new traps. ICK!!!!!

The very very tall wide pot of red geraniums across the street gets redder and redder as the days pass. Quite lovely but I prefer the pink flowers.

Daily Notes for Wednesday, August 12th. Sunshine here in Maine. 78 degrees...

 This mess has a name.  But I can't spell it.  Zucchini, Tomato, Eggplant, Red Bell Pepper.

I have eaten it...in France. And here in Maine.  I like it.   A cartoon Rat makes in one of my favorite movies. Rat-Tat-..........

I have a feeling today is going to be hot.  But Son has the AC unit on off...unless it just stopped working???  It is old....

I have a recipe here using 4 ears of corn with kernels grated off the cob, 6 ounces of bacon and 12 oz of orzo.  Some chili spices and oil and vinegar.   I doubt there is any bacon in the fridge. Nope. Parm Rinds in the freezer might work????   I have been considering steaming some nice white rice. Adding Peas. I checked- I have peas in the freezer.....I love rice and peas.  With butter and sweet soy sauce.

I am considering FOOD and that makes my Son happy as I have been quite reluctant to actually make meals for myself....so I hardly eat anything.  Cooking for One does not come naturally to me. I think that has something to do with "one's feelings of self worth".  I'll find the page in the book where I am supposed to write things......write about food and self worth.  Might even be a page for that.

So I'll be finishing up the reading of  Dolly All The Time. (or not) ...title mystifies me.  I have every book this author has written but doubt I will buy this one.... Annabel Monaghan.  "Life's Great Disappointment"  Which could have been a better title.

My temperament has improved (substantially) due to the ironing of my shirt......yesterday....and today this same shirt still looks great.  Nice lime color.   Limeade.   I have just enough ham and cheese and flour tortillas to get me thru the day today and tomorrow I'll have Toasted Cheese with pickles..  or vis versa,  I've run out of bananas.....  Grocery is  one day and  Library is now a different Day.... My energy levels were not good when we did both.

Even typing this has been a struggle...I had to delete and redo etc etc etc. And honestly...The Daily Notes BORE me and I imagine they BORE you as well.

Daily Notes for Tuesday August 11th. The Sun.....77 degrees.

 Yes, please to a nice bowl of pie and ice cream.... that pie crust looks yummy.

So...here we are in August... hot sun and the AC unit running. Zero Baking. Reminding me of Georgia.

Yesterday I pulled clothing out of the closets in my bedroom......decades of expensive poor choices. Lots of LINEN.  I pulled the clothing out because my Son thinks I could/should dress better....in public.

In reply I got out the spray starch and the iron and pressed all my very old short sleeved linen camp shirts from LL Bean.  They have a boxy shape. No darts.  The one I have on now is not ironed as I dropped the spray starch can and broke off the little spray nozzle.   I have to wait until  Grocery Shopping Friday to get a new can.....lucky for me... most had already been sprayed and pressed flat. This one I am wearing is going to visit with  a VERY hot iron as soon as I hit publish.

Yesterday's book was "NOT the book I though it would be"... I skipped around in the pages but it was not going to get any better.   Today I will be dragging a chair over to the tall German cupboard and selecting a new (old) book from the shelves.  This tall wooden cupboard that comes apart and lays flat for easy transport...is one of My Favorite Things.......It's held dishes, cloth and now books.  The actual short romance bookcase used to be owned by an old friend.  The doors have lost their glass.  My friend filled it with folded quilting fabric.  I fill it with Love and Romance books. The tall cupboard has Mystery, Murder, and Kidnapping.  I used to read ONLY Murder, Mystery and Kidnapping. Some of it very very dark. One book on the Library shelf here at home is that "sort" of book.  Which I will read...first.

My Lawn is a nice honey beige color...with occasion strips of nice green where there is permanent shade.  It isn't growing....so the guys have not been around to mow.  The back fenced garden has gone wild and I am wondering if there are grapes????? on the tall arbor.   I know there is an abundance of flowering ground cover and weeds...in the beds and on the paths.  The Guy who weeded all that died.

Well, I need to heat up the iron and get the wrinkles out of this shirt I am wearing...tidy myself up.

Monday Monday.......August 10th. Transitioning between clouds and Sun. 74 degrees

 I have a full drawer of these things....And those tiny brushes always get stuck between my teeth.  That curved thing to the far left- I haven't a clue as to what it is for.

I was checking out mail-order clothing as son says I need new clothes.  I doubt I need new clothing to sit around on the couch all day.  Which is how my days are spent.  I sew, I read, I watch tv and sometimes I draw and color.  My Time is occupied...  I need new clothing to wear to the grocery store, I guess.

Later today I will rotate some items from the right closet to the left and from the left closet to the Goodwill Box. The Right closet holds items from the Attic....newer 'old" stuff.  I noticed last year that the stuff in the never worn right closet FIT.  So I am less "bulky" than I once was.  Still have HIPS but not as much.

I found some more painted circles to use as bookmarks.....well, it was a postcard but now cut into long strips to be used as bookmarks.   

My "Master Plan" for the next few days is to drag the Central Vac Hose around the wood floors and sweep up dust and hair (mine) off the wood floors.  Take my mind off this morning's nightmare.  I died. Yep, in my dream, I died....Fire Dept called etc.........going to library. NOW...

Daily Notes of Sunday August 9th....Sunshine and 79 degrees.

 White linen clothing.   I've got plenty of the wide white linen shirts but NO extra wide shorts.

 I don't wear shorts.

I have been tempted to spray starch and iron a few short sleeved linen shirts.  I have a wrinkled one on right now.  I wear the nice ones on Grocery Library Day but not ironed.   Lifetime Supply.

Today is Sunday Pizza.  Will be great when Football Starts.  Time Fillers for Long and Boring Days. I can see why old people talk to themselves....  I already do.

It's taking me forever to finish reading the. Bad Luck Bridesmaid.   I might just give up and start a new one.... 

Yesterday I wasted time on that show where they bid on Storage Lockers. OMG.   I've sunk to that level... Law and Order would be huge upgrade....but I chose CSI: Vegas.- Seemed to pair well with storage lockers. Similar Ick Factor and color scheme.  Well, I have nothing to do and need to get started on that.

Daily Notes on an overcast and cloudy Saturday in Maine.

 If I had "planned ahead" in the back fenced garden....I'd have these tall planter boxes.  With the wide edge so I could sit and pull weeds.   But who guesses so far ahead re: cartilage in the knees disappearing??????

The Sun has come out from under the clouds....  House is still cool enough...  My Son is suffering upstairs. My Daughter is suffering where ever she is weeding along the ocean front.  I'm considering returning to a long sleeved linen shirt.  I have on short sleeves.....  Old People chill easily...winter is a real "treat".

I watched VINTAGE CSI last night.  Did not pick up a book......  

Yesterday I did an extensive cleaning of the disposal in the sink.  Very CSI. We don't use the disposal (septic tank)  and if I knew of a plumber I would  have it removed.... (and would also have my leaking shower head fixed). I had to clean the kitchen sink drain because some large glass stones fell in when I was changing the water in a container. I had to stick my hand in the slime mess to find the large glass beads....and NOT accidentally send them down into the pipe.   So DISGUSTING.   

But I did it and lived to tell you about it.   It's Saturday and there will be some British Soccer.  An Ice Pop out of the freezer... cooking shows... not much else. Ah...several glasses of water to hydrate the BRAIN CELLS of this old woman.  I have zero projects to work on...... but do have a book to finish reading...

Then I will indeed need to think of something to fascinate me.

Friday August 7th.... 80 degrees already and it's early. 81. Whoa.

 Pretty much what my shower etc looks like.  minus the black grout. And the leak.

Robo Call.. Charley (this time)....cough...cough... and I hung up. I wish I could press a button and have his phone blow up.   Lovely to consider.

Son has a PLAN for today... I have forgotten what the Plan is.    The Library is not part of the Plan. which is okay as I have unread books on the shelf- he says Library will be Monday.  

I set two large plastic tub lids in the uncovered space at the bottom of the window blinds to shade us from the SUN. AC window unit is running.  Large ceiling fan is spinning.

I think we are on our way.....no.....well, in any case.  I should consider my menu choices for the coming week where it pertains to my LUNCH.  Ah, the shower is running........I had chicken nuggets last week so should have something else this week?????   I also had grilled cheese and pickles.

Daughter suggested we buy Flavored Electrolyte this week for me.  Delightful.

Three husband-less women have owned and lived in this house since it was built.  Well, they had husbands (at some point tin Time)..just didn't live with them.   I'm number three.

That's it for today.....

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.

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.  

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 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.

Daily Notes for Sunday August 2nd... cloudy and 74 degrees.

Margaritas.

I haven't a clue as to what is happening with the internet or my email.  I sent one but the person it was sent to never got it.  I sent a new reply but not sure that will get there either.  We were sending emails to set up a lunch date.

Watched a bit of Hallmark yesterday and then got sleepy...so set it to record and will finish watching it today.  I squashed two more fat black flies yesterday.  Not sure how they are getting into the house.  But once they get in- they like the living room best of all....but did find one sitting in the kitchen sink a week or so ago...

Yes, she finally got my email we ARE having lunch tomorrow.

I sewed a few of the scrap fabrics I have on the ottoman next to me...I sewed the scraps into a square. And then went looking for some...it's been so long since I did this I have forgotten what the fluffy stuff between the top and bottom layers is called.  Any way after looking in EVERY STORAGE TUB I found a few yards of ....drum roll....batting.  Gosh being old is such FUN.  Not.  Next up is finding backing fabric.

I need to finish off the first bottle of the salty electrolyte solution I am drinking to try and correct my something.   Not sure what...cognitive????something.

Well, I have things to do....I didn't make a list but I'm sure I'll figure it out...I already made my bed.  Got dressed. Combed my hair.... Prepared and ate breakfast and read the newspaper and tried the Suduko.. That's quite a lot of "doing"..... and it's not even 12 noon.

Daily Notes for Saturday August First.--I skipped a day.......just noticed that a minute ago.

Iris.  Siberian.

Another flower my Grandmother had in her gardens.

When I was finished with College Instead of getting married I should have gone to live with her. My Grandmother.   There were plenty of places I could find work in her neighborhood. I would have perfected my Strudel making. I would have learned to sew my own clothing......tailor my own clothing.

Would have, Could have...Should have......  Living one's Life backwards...and then forward with a different outcome. Like a Hallmark Movie.

I'm closing in on the last of the race here....just have to go with it.  Fresh Calendar Desk Page...Always a great BOOST for me.  I have two bottles of Electrolyte Solution.  The one last week tasted awful but the next day I was more alert etc.  "Try New Things".  A lunch date with a former Greenhouse co-worker.. Always in August and Always my favorite Summer Day.

I watched some SPACE on tv yesterday.... saw the last of Maid in Manhattan,  Never stay for the entire movie.  Also some Vintage CSI and then for dessert.....last 30 minutes of a Hallmark Christmas Movie.

No book reading for the past few days....I even hand sewed some strips of fabric into a SQUARE.  Feels like Off Roading....Oh and the July resident FLY was seen floating over to the front windows so I put it out of its misery.  Not like past years and almost a dozen flies.... helps to have the chimney cleaned out.

Well, got nothing interesting to share with you.....and the salty bottled water needs drinking... I bought fabric dryer sheets for my Laundry.... just for a change... maybe I'll like them...maybe I won't. In my Family Circle they always side with Won't...... I have a Negative Personality????? I think Discriminating Personality.   British Soccer on USA Today....and cooking shows unless I forgot to record them....yep forgot...

 

Daily Notes from a Very Sunny Day here in Maine.....76 degrees- Rain yesterday "was but a sprinkle".

 This image came with a great many ideas and suggestions for a Happier Healthier Life.  I walked away with a decent image of green peas being a Protein Source.  And that was ALL. Well. I have HAD all my shots and I do sleep well so...that's good enough?????  I could drink MORE water.....

I have a Birthday Lunch Day (next week) with a former co-worker. We try to fit it in between both of our birthdays.  Early for me and late for her.  

She reports that the Perennial Yard watering system (at my former place of employment) is clogged with gravel....so they are having to hand water with cans or a very very long hose (or hoses connected) from either greenhouse......the Good Times would SO NOT be Rolling.

I trolled into the 4 digit stations on my Comcast Offerings.   Set three things to record... they may or may not......  I have seriously lost interest in my cable offerings....deadly boring now that World Cup is over. Tennis was an option but the sound of the tennis ball was making me sleepy.  And please do NOT start with the STREAMING......I cannot...Stream.  I live with a former Silicon ValleyTech Guy...if it was possible, he would find a way (to shut me up about it).....and there is no way. 

I typed a bunch of stuff but it was too personal etc etc....so... I CAN say I enjoyed my morning shower and my hair is nice and fluffy...... daughter also got me an older Johanna Lindsey book with Vikings at Goodwill...Oh My!!!! Usually it's crabby Sea Captains.....but a Viking....wow. 

I have Julie Murphy's newest book here and it's a Real Snooze.... sigh...it goes back tomorrow . Unread. Quite a few..if not all...the books I get at the Library these days....go back unread.....the newer ones...which is why I look for Old Favorites. 

Well Son has left the building to go to Lunch... I actually cannot think of anything terrible to do while he is gone......climb a ladder??? No I wouldn't even try that.  Watch MSNBC?  News?  No No Way..... Stare at the ceiling?  Most likely choice.   Have a nice day.....

Daily Notes on Wednesday, July 29th. Was sunny and now cloudy.

 Groceries.  Right now I wish I had a protein to eat with my coleslaw. I don't.

I filled the birdbaths with water and sprayed the long sidewalk stretch filled with tiny brown ants.  Stuff is good- they stopped moving.   It's organic....somehow death is better if it's organic.?????  Grass is growing on very Sandy Soil..  

I happened to watch some news...please don't let that happen again.

We are supposed to be getting lots of RAIN.

I can't believe it's Wednesday- feeling like Friday.   

A button came off my rosy pink linen pants this  morning so I now have pink and white patterned pants on. I did sew the button back on the other pants.....possibly time for me to do a load of wash.  so I can continue to wear the same outfit every day.  Like a uniform.

One of my "newer" jobs is sweeping up my hair off surfaces. It sort of drifts off my head.  But when I comb it- no hair in the comb.  So a mystery.  Just now a nice bunch off the back arm of the couch where I sit. 

Possibly because I finger comb my mass of hair before inserting an elastic band and some pins. I like it long but also like it gathered into a very small knob of hair.  Soccer Hair.

I've felt shaky today so have been having water and bananas... Going for more water as soon as I hit publish.  There was an article (NYT) on using canned beans from the pantry to make great meals.... what's that saying all horse and no saddle?????   I like beans....but none of those recipes.

So...Rain Coming.  Recalled the author of a series of terrifically scary books....gonna order some.  The origin of that Will Trent TV Series.  Which is ridiculous. Possibly would have worked if Will was actually Six Foot Five (or taller) and restored a burned out vintage Porsche all by himself.  I'll see what my Library still owns.....

Book One of Will Trent is arriving later this week from ANOTHER LIBARY.

Daily Notes for Tuesday July 28th. Sunshine here in Maine,,,,forecasting rain. which never arrives

 Peas are supposed to be the next great thing to eat....  I actually love peas.

My inbox...keeps giving me protein and nutrition advice,  There must be some magically thinking going on ????  I have always eaten more vegetable items than meat, fish or eggs (three items I often find icky) and feeling in the mood to enter the kitchen I mixed up a few items into a very nice Cole Slaw and served up a nice portion for myself.  Would have been GREAT with a few Fried Chicken Nuggets.  But I had already eaten them.  Days before. Possibly more than a week ago...

I watched the Little Women movie I had saved on TiVo from Fox.....Fox was YELLOW ALERTING me that I had seconds left before they erased it from my TiVo Storage Bin.   So I watched...then I watched a favorite Christmas Movie from my TiVo Storage Bin,   Two great things....no book reading. Resting my Reading Eyes.

I have a stack of various green and black fabric SCRAPS next to the couch.  With some vague intention of sewing them together into a square???  Hand Sewing. 

I have two more items in the FOX YELLOW ALERT area of the TiVo.  I have a stack of really great books on the Library Book Shelf..   I have the large front window to gaze out... a few small Toddler Cups of Ice Cream....and the possibility of a nice cup of coffee.....all good things.  (including the construction of the Mars Landing Rover.) I have that set to record.  I live a varied and often misunderstood Life.

I also am feeling tired...it happens every so often...also my neck tendons are stiff and hurt-- quite a bit- tension still in them...I think that's from worrying....(about what? no clue) so I am going to hit post and settle into the couch and wait for any more surprises that come my way- books, movies or whatever. A NAP???  It's Summer so the heating pad around neck???? no , just no.  but I always give in and wrap it around my painful neck muscles......

 

Monday Morning...July 27th. Sunshine here in Maine. 77 degrees.

 Cornmeal Poundcake.

Last time I baked- can't even recall when that was--I secretly baked corn muffins.  A favorite of mine. I ventured into turning on the new oven all by myself.....I'm never quite sure I recall how it works... very techy.... little red marks and numbers.  Possibly as the stove is sold in various countries that do not speak or read English.  Though I recall seeing the word HOT....

Yesterday I watched one and a half Hallmark Christmas Movies.....It's Christmas in July...I have the second half of the movie to watch today.  I like the last 5 minutes...but the last 5 minutes are best when I watch ANY Hallmark Movie.   I am tempted to read the X rated Hallmark Movie  books I have in the bookcase.   I was rather shocked by the content the first time I read one but now...not so much.  Found it. Jingle Bell Mingle....and why not read all three in July?????? 

I spent some of yesterday watching another Christmas Movie...not the greatest of them all but pleasant.  I had been watching Law and Order and that was not jolly.  I also watched part of an Egyptian Tomb Robbing episode...I was more interested in the very tall guy in the pale blue linen shirt. The Egyptian Woman  Professor's chin lined up with his elbow.  King Tut's Tomb....always interesting.

Well, as you can read...very very dull here at my house.  But I push on thru the hours and days and weeks. I am actually sleeping quite successfully....which is a healthy thing to be doing...and not always possible for me.  My white hair is quite WIDE today so I brought some pins and rubber bands to the couch with me.

The piles of preselected cloth scraps are not as inviting as I had hoped....I was going to hand sew them into squares.  About 5 or 6 inches square.  Hand sewing seams makes the project last longer- using the machine- 5 minutes and I'm done.  With Every Thing.... I was looking for white linen but don't have any. I might have to slice up a shirt out of my closet......and after doing that I will be upset I ruined a good shirt.

Not that I have ANY shirts to spare.  laughing....I wear the same clothing day in and day out. Washed but no longer ironed.