peterfmccann

I forgot to mention that I'm thinking about the new fence, which I'll get after the garage is built. I had wanted a tall picket fence, but Gracie can squeeze through very small spaces. If I got a wooden fence with the boards next to each other (a "privacy fence") then the dogs couldn't see what was going on down the street. That would cut down on the barking, but they enjoy seeing what's going on in the world. I guess that I'll sort out my concerns with the fence seller. I saw some privacy fences with windows cut into it with iron bars.

Gracie barks at the cats. I think that she wants to play with them, but they are not interested. I'm getting tired of the barking and they probably are too.

I ordered a plant-based dog chew toy. They don't like the nylon ones.

Aargh. Apparently I didn’t latch the door all the way when I took the dogs out, and Oliver was coming outside. Gracie pinned him, and I grabbed him and put him inside. Lily was in the doorway too. Get with it, Adrienne.

I took Gracie to get her stitches out. I expected to be chewed out because she wouldn't wear the cone collar, but they said that her stitches looked good and they took them out. She has been throwing up a lot, so I made an appointment for her for tomorrow.

I was playing around on Carvana, and found a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander for a great price. Hmm. I can't deal with this until I get back from Italy though.

Well, hell. I waited for a half-hour for the pharmacist, and they wouldn’t give me the COVID shot because the CDC is saying to wait for the new formulation. That was a waste of time. I returned library books, except for one that I think got scooped up when I was cleaning out the Kia. I’ll look for it.

I’m feeding the critters and wiping out. I’m going to put the full recycling bin and some boxes out to make sure that they get picked up, but I’ll get up early to work on the other bin. I fed the critters and am making myself some food. Then I'll get the bin and boxes out.

susandennis

I love my car repair place. They always welcome me and my Smart Car with open arms and take very good care of me. But, BrianTheServiceAdvisor (I have his card so I know his title) isn't their star. They open at 8. They want you there at 8. But if you get there before 8, you have to wait outside. I got there this morning at 8:02. Door locked. So I went back to my car to get the mileage which I'd forgotten to jot down. 39925.

When I got back, the doors were open and Brian was waiting. I handed him the letter that shows I get %30 off and pointed to the mileage. The correct answer was "Oh, thank you!" What I got was "oh, I don't need that". I do need the key. "The key is in the car." The correct response is "oh, great. we really rather you bring it in so no one can nip the car while you are in here! But, that's for next time. I'll go get it right now." Brian says "don't ever do that!!!".

It's a tone, Brian. A tone makes the diff. Didn't your mother teach you that?

(The Mercedes place in Seattle had a fit if you didn't leave your key in the car BUT, in fairness, that was after you drove into their massive windowed garage.)

Brian told me to have a seat. They have this fabulous snack basket/coffee area and I had already eyed a little package of iced cookies BUT before I could get my ass into a chair, a really nice voice behind me said "I'm actually ready to go if you are." And I was home by 8:15. Realizing that Brian had not asked me if there was anything special I wanted them to look at or described the services they will perform. I trust them. I just don't like Brian.

But, it will be fine.

It's not nearly as cool out as I was expecting. And my a/c is acting wonky. Right now, it's too hot in here. In about 10 minutes it will be too cold. I suspect we're now dealing with residual building heat after the last few days of too hot. This, too, shall pass.

My measure of a good hair cut is when I roll out of bed in the morning and there are no stickie-outies. I can just smooth it out with my hand and I'm good to go. Bonny did an excellent job yesterday. It was perfect when I rolled out of bed this morning. She now has a permanent job.

I'm still stressing about my banking situation. BUT I've decided to hold off doing anything about it for now. I've still got my main accounts and a small backup checking account at another institution and probably, really, that's all I need.

No plans for today - well, TV, puzzle, baseball, knitting... the usual. And go pick up the car when it's ready.

days_unfolding

I can never forget to feed the cats because they will remind me. The dogs are more low-key (well, Gracie wants everyone's food), but once I start feeding the critters, I feed them all.

I wanted to register for Digital Photography at Parkland this fall, but it conflicts with choir. Bother. Oh, I couldn’t do it anyway because it starts when I’ll be gone. Hmm, there is a mastering your DSLR online class. Maybe I could do that in the spring.

Got up with my alarm at 7 AM.

Got Gracie's appointment set up for tomorrow.

Very busy at work. Our boss is out sick, so I picked up one of her tasks on the sandbox testing. We found a ton of errors today. That made me feel better because I take my errors personally, and these weren't mine. We found them!

The FedEx guy came by with a Chewy box of Gracie's food, and he said "Hi" to both the dogs, who were thrilled. Then the mail carrier came by and said "Hi" to them as well. This is a great neighborhood for them to live in.

I went to the bank to order Euros. I got a bank guy who really knew his stuff, and put notes in my account about when I'll be gone, and I mentioned that I will be flying through Germany (outbound) and Switzerland (inbound), so he added them to the note on my account. The Euros should arrive by Friday. I also got the cash for the pet sitter. That reminds me to call my credit card company to let them know that I'll be gone.

It looks like it's going to storm. I decided to swap my stoneware return to Costco to Thursday because I want to get as much garbage (today) and recycling (tomorrow) out as possible. I will have my COVID shot tomorrow, but that won't take long. Just as well because I don't want to wrangle the stoneware boxes in the rain.

It's going to be really hot in Sardinia. A couple of my beach days might be beach in the morning and lounge by the pool in the afternoon so that I can go in. I need to doublecheck that my hotel has a pool and a/c. The Costa Smeralda hotel has a pool (three pools!), and maybe a/c? The Cagliari hotel does not have air conditioning, so that's going to suck. Must remember to bring a fillable water bottle. I ordered a handheld portable travel fan and a collapsible water bottle.

I saw a waterproof bed blanket protector for households with pets on Facebook. I googled it, and it turns out that Chewy has something that’s fairly cheap, in gray, for full-sized beds so I ordered it.

I had a donut in my hand and went to see whom Gracie was barking at. (I think Oliver.) Bella took a bite out of my donut! Cheeky girl :)

Did laundry. Got a lot of garbage out. Now I just need to feed the critters and go to sleep.

susandennis

Wild.

I started bank dancing yesterday. I'm currently happy with BECU but I do hate having all of my eggs in one basket. My backup basket has been Key Bank but I'm pissed at them again. I'll leave a little in a free account there, but then I went trolling for high yield savings. I started the process of opening a new account at a new place but, today I've decided that if I do move some funds, it won't be there. They have no chat. It's called or nothing. Nope. I will make one call, if necessary, to back out of the process but, I think if I don't report my .23 and .13 and .09 the application will die on the vine. As long as it dies.

I'll stick with BECU for now.

My hair is getting too long. This is measured by sticky-outy-ness. When I wake up in the morning, if I have to touch it - comb down one bit or another - it's too long. Myrna used to cut it for me. Actually she usually told me it was time for a cut and then cut it. I thought I'd get Bonny or Martha to do it. I started with Bonny and texted her this morning. The good news is she's happy to do it and will come on down before lunch. The bad news is she reminded me that today is the 3rd floor meeting. I intend to pass on it but she thinks I should go. This will take some maneuvering. But, it's fine.

The meetings are always dreadful but this week is Yet Another Emergency Preparedness meeting. This is a topic that has no right answers and plenty of ???? and everyone thinks they are correct in their plan. It always leads nowhere and I've been there and don't want to go back.

Both my baseball teams are on the east coast for the next 10 days or so and so it will be two games at once for most days. They, in fact, play each other starting Monday. Since they are in different leagues, they play each other very rarely. Should be interesting.

My baby brother turns 72 today.

days_unfolding

Watered the outside plants, although they’re predicting a storm this afternoon. Oliver is telling me that they missed a meal last night. (True.) Closed the bedroom door because Gracie will chew the sheets. I might be postponing the inevitable, but I’m trying.

I flopped back and forth about sleeping instead of showering, but it was late to go back to sleep, so I’ll shower.

Work is very busy because we have a refresh of the "sandboxes" for our libraries. A lot of tasks need to be done in order. We're using Microsoft Planner to keep track of the tasks. It occurred to me that I could use Google Tasks for the stuff that I need to get done before I leave for Italy. (I don't want to use Planner because it might collide with what we're doing for work. I might look for another planner though.) I found a Web site called ClickUp that's a good task planning site. And it's free!

Couldn’t nap at lunch. Not surprised because I got 10 hours of sleep last night. The sheets and duvet are heavenly though.

I already have $120 in my Acorns travel fund. Good deal. My hope for the future is to go on one overseas trip and one US trip/cruise a year. We'll see if I can pull it off.

Hmm. I want to do some packing tonight to make sure that I have what I need. I'm going to get my meds tonight (done) and return library books. (I’ll gather them up tonight and take them tomorrow.) I'll return the stoneware tomorrow because I need to feed the beasts.

Hmm. I saw an ad for a u-shaped body pillow that looks good, but it's expensive. But I don't want to order it now because it'll get here when I'll be gone, and it'll be a big box. So I'll wait and see if I can order it when I get back (if I decide to spend the money, although spending money on sleep things is a good investment). Hey, I found one cheaper that I should be able to order when I get back! It occurred to me to get some self-watering spikes for my plants.

I came downstairs after work. The dogs are like, “Mom, I’m so glad to see you!” The cats are like, “FEED ME NOW!!”

I’ve been pondering how to grow tomatoes without the dogs getting into them. I’m looking at a small greenhouse. I saw one on Amazon for $169. That would be some expensive tomatoes, but I love home-grown tomatoes. They taste so much better than store-bought. I also want to start seeds next spring in the basement.

I found a sesame tofu recipe that looks good, but you need an air fryer. Hmm. If I’m going to cook, it might be good to have one, but I’ll wait until I cook regularly.

Oh shit. Gracie's vet appointment was today. I'll need to reschedule it.

I got my tasks before the trip on my planner, and looking at the calendar makes it more manageable.

By the way, I'm feeling better today.

I don't think that I'll pack tonight, but I need to check on my sunscreen situation to see if I need to order any. My stuff is partially packed anyway.

I need to feed the critters again before going to bed.

bill_schubert

The doc was wonderful as expected. She was professional and compassionate and efficient.

The timing was good. Zoe had gotten very quickly to the point that it was very hard for her to lie down. Her back leg joints just didn't bend. I had to help her lie down the last time. No resistance. She was tired of being in pain and didn't want her breakfast.

I put her in a bag bought for the purpose (from Amazon, of course) and loaded her into the car. We went to A&M and they took her away.

Of the five senses I don't really have a taste for Zoe but there are holes in the other four. Sight, sound, smell and touch all have a huge empty place in them and I'll be listening and looking and reaching out for a long time.

Dylan, Zoe's predecessor, was the same. It took me years to get over not hearing his collar or not seeing him come around the corner.

There is a Buddhist arm called Tonglen part of which has you thinking of that person you know that you love purely, without reservation and to feel that love and connect with it during meditation. If you can't think of a person with whom you have no contention, an animal will do.

So I meditated on Zoe. Many times.

It will all pass. Missing Dylan did.

I found myself furious at the dog sanctuary for becoming a center of conflict so that I can't spend time there now. It would help a lot. But that door is shut and I don't want to reopen it.

Something will come down the road. Dylan walked up to the car driven by my now ex wife while she was in Monroe, LA and asked if she needed a dog. He was near death and had all kinds of problems but became a great travellor and sailor and military dog.

One day we were in the shop in Georgetown about 15 years ago and this woman came in with a small furry thing in her hand asking if we needed a dog.

I've never had a problem finding the right dog at the right time.

All for now

susandennis

I did not leave my apartment yesterday and I ate way too much and it was a lovely lovely day.

Today I have nothing on the calendar. No clue why aqua yoga was canceled but I'm delighted. I will probably go out and puzzle some. I might order a meal for pick up. I will watch the Phillies game (the Mariners are off today) but, that's the entirety of the plan.

Looks like my new coffee table might get here on Wednesday which means I might actually have it on Thursday. They used to let us come pick up packages after they were delivered but now you have to wait for them to bring them to you and that's generally not until the next day. Annoying but not a huge issue most of the time. It will be a huge issue when I order a new phone or some other new tech gear. I'm not sitting around waiting for it. BUT I want to use my special case begging for exception for special cases. And Thursday will be fine for the table.

I started a one line a day journal in January of 2023. It's a 5 year book. and I noticed last night that I am now more than half way through the book. I do my entry when I get into bed at night. It is interesting to peek at what happened last year and the year before. This week two years ago I was just about to start thinking about CCRC's for real and looking into places like Timber Ridge.

bill_schubert

Zoe was up most of the night. The tramodol is losing its effectiveness, nature's way of enforcing what we know. Had we not made arrangements I'd be a mass of anxiety trying to figure out what to do. But we know and I've made every arrangement I can think of from getting the doc here to making sure the car is full of gas so I can drive straight to the A&M vet hospital when we're ready.

We are contributing to the medicine trial by having Zoe autopsied so they can verify the condition of her heart. It will help in a small way other dogs and families who might want to use the drug she took as part of the trial.

It is a consolation, however small, that she will contribute. And I've made arrangements with a crematorium near the hospital so sometime next week we'll receive her ashes and they will reside on the table behind me with those of Dylan, her predecessor. One day I'll figure out something good to do with them. There are a surprising number of possibilities from jewelry to tree planting. I'll wait until the two of them get together and figure it out.

We went for a very short walk today. She was trembling by the end and it was only part of a block. I've given her the remaining tramadol so she will be OK in a bit.

Some things should last forever. Now if I can only remember to keep breathing.

days_unfolding

I stayed up later than I intended, but we’re all fed now. Had problems falling asleep because I forgot to take my meds at first.

Woke up with my alarm at 9 AM. Fed us all.

I need to go out and get soda today, so I might go to Costco and return the stoneware. I need to pick up meds too.

I can pick up my meds tomorrow. Much as I hate to use Walmart delivery, I really want to stay home. I just made some food but don’t feel like eating it. I could put it in the fridge.

Showered and am feeling a bit better. I’m cleaning the kitchen, and Bella is sneaking stuff out of the trash to put in her stash. Sigh.

Took a break to eat dinner. Now it’s critter feeding time. Headache. Fed us all. Got my new sheets, duvet, and duvet cover on the bed. Lectured the dogs on how these are nice sheets, and they shouldn’t chew them. Received my Walmart order.

Now I’m going to lie down for a little while. Bella doesn’t want Gracie to lick me. Gracie is trying to chew the sheets :( I booted her out of here. Took a nap and slept through until 6:30 AM.

mtbc

I had mentioned how my work Mac, plugged in at home, was applying the wrong keymap for my external keyboard and imposing some godawful acceleration on my scroll-wheel. Now I have adequate solutions for both:

I installed an open-source utility named DiscreteScroll, which fixes macOS's unnecessary scroll wheel acceleration, making the scroll-wheel behave rather more manageably.

It turns out that Apple's idea of a UK-layout keyboard is not the typical one, it's kind of halfway to a US one. As the Mac doesn't understand the typical UK layout, I realized that I can just buy a US-layout keyboard, which I am used to anyway. Having despaired of making sense of the differences among the dazzling range of Keychron keyboards, I indulged in a nice, loud Unicomp.

In another keyboard victory, a couple of my UK keyboards had dodgy keys. I can be slow to realize things but, eventually, I had the useful idea of transplanting a keycap (using my pry an old Kindle open at the seams levers) to make one fully able keyboard from the two problem ones.

Admittedly, although working with Mac OS X instead of GNU/Linux usually slows me down some, for my day job I am finding the Mac not to be much of a hindrance.

susandennis

This morning I went through another round of stressing about my backup email. All it takes is a glance at a random tail about someone losing access to their google account and boom - into a tailspin I go. The last round - not even that long ago - sent me to set up a backup situation where all my emails were sent to my susandennis.com hosting server. But, turns out, that's just not practical for several reasons. So now it's back to outlook.com. It cost me $20 a year and Microsoft is about as dodgy as Google if my account gets hosed but at least I now have two places - cloudwise - I can find out what size swimsuit I bought from that place where I used to get them way back in the before times - easily.

I somehow forgot to do laundry. I remembered last night but it was too late to start so that's what's happening now.

We're going to have a few days of really hot weather here this week but it's fine. I do have to go outside on Wednesday but it will be in an air conditioned vehicle. We're almost done here. The days are getting shorter and if/when more heat comes, it will only really be for a few hours. I can handle it.

Today is baseball and knitting. AND I have the gift of nothing on the calendar tomorrow. Nice. They had meatloaf and chicken on the buffet last night. I got both. Ate the chicken and plan to see that meatloaf on a fabulous sandwich today. Last night was my last night for this month's $600. I had $3.00 left after the buffet. I breezed into the bistro (our 7/11) and told Nohn who was on duty, my problem. "What you need is a toffee ice cream bar. Yep. He was right. It's in the freezer now for this afternoon and my account is $0.

Time now to watch Tia Watson's Sunday morning video. She bought a house for $1 and is fixing it up. She is as good as house fixing up as she is at video editing and it makes a delightful way to start my Sundays.

days_unfolding

Fed us all. It’s starting to get light. I need to clean up some poop in the bedroom. (I can’t blame Gracie because I was asleep for a long time.) Then I’ll go back to sleep for a while. The dogs promptly crashed out.

Woke up at 9 AM with Gracie licking my face. I caught Bella in the act of moving a cat dish around. Me to Oliver: “You got fed earlier.” Oliver to me: “That was then; this is meow.”

My stomach is upset, so I’m going to lie down. Bella snoozes until the last possible minute before I get up. I told her that she doesn’t have to get up when I get up, but she thinks that it’s her duty as The Dog to follow me around. Gracie is more independent.

I was trying to figure out where to put my new drying rack for clothes. I’d rather put it on the shaded side away from the street. The sunny side is right along the sidewalk. I’ll try it on the shadier side and see what happens. Also, the garage-to-be will clear the clothesline posts in the back yard.

Bella and Gracie were playing tug of war with a stick. Bella won twice. A neighbor said “Hi” to the dogs. Gracie was upset and barking because the guy left, and I told her that the world didn’t revolve around her. She is not convinced. Gracie: “My water dish is empty.” Me: “Your water dish would stay full longer if you didn’t play in the water.” Gracie: “This does not compute.”

Ugh. My stomach is still upset. I would stay in, but have a grocery pickup at Meijer at 4. Hmm, I really need to go to Costco today because I’m planning on staying up late working on the kitchen. But I’ve been feeling dizzy.

I was thinking that I had an easy choice to euthanize Mimi. A brain tumor is serious stuff. I have a feeling that I’ll have a tougher choice with Zara. She keeps losing weight, but her kidney numbers are good so far.

I received my InstaPot. I’m looking forward to learning how to use it.

Lily is fussing over me. I think that she’s hungry.

I took a shower and dressed, but I feel shaky. Ate a BistroMD cookie to try to help the shakes.

Went and got the pickup order. I ran in to get some diet root beer, only to find that they were out of bottles, so I got some cans. I found some good food prep containers and a muffin pan. Came home to find that the new pots and pans are here.

Bought a dog fountain for Bella and Gracie, although Gracie doesn’t like running water. (I read a sob story about a dog who got dehydrated, and that worried me.)

Cats: we’re hungry! Feed us! Nothing subtle about Oliver. He gets in my face when he’s hungry. Fed us all.

The new copper pots look great! I want to clean the stove before taking a picture of them though. I think that I want a copper kettle too (ordered). I need to take apart the boxes that they came in.

I’m feeling dizzy. I was going to stay up all night cleaning, but I think that I need to lie down soon. I really wish that I’d stop being sick. I want to do dishes before I go to sleep though (done). I need to feed the beasts again, but then I'll go to sleep. I'm setting an alarm though.

johncomic

It recently became clear to me that I have gradually slipped into an unusually deep trough over the past while... but what's weird is how it finally clicked for me:

I've sorta noticed for a while that I don't feel like doing anything, lately. But my Aha Moment came when I realized I was tired and I thought, I don't even feel like resting.

Like, what's up with that....

Current Mood: muted
Current Music: Ocean Colour Scene

somedayseattle

Between losing Mom and the move I am a blubbering pile of protoplasm but I will make my triumphant return later this week.

susandennis

The pool has been so cold and then, Thursday, cloudy. So when they sent the announcement that it was closing for maintenance, we really didn't think it was going to open any time soon. But it did! and this morning, the water was crystal clear and plenty warm and volleyball was very fun.

Elbow coffee was fine. No big news. Just comforting neighbors comforting. Everyone's really concerned about John. It's kind of like a wait before the wake.

Now I'm home watching the Braves and Marlins game because one of the umpires has a vagina! So far she's doing great. And they gave her a nice, but not overly nice, welcome. Deft.

So I added risers to my couch and that made the chaise piece look funny so I moved it to storage and then I discovered that there was a mess of wires under the table that just looked horrible so I plugged and unplugged and replugged and then eliminated a couple of cables and bundled the rest and it now looks much better. But, really, one thing and then another and then another...

Spacefem has another one of her financial entries up today that has me thinking. She has vastly different goals and needs and financial requirements than I do but her thots on her own finances always get me to rethink mine. Today I'm thinking about my Amazon purchases which I do not track in a lot of detail but want to start (or restart - I used to). I don't know that I'll make many changes, I just want to know for sure, what I'm doing.

And... here's a shocker... I have no Amazon returns!

bill_schubert

Zoe and Toby and I went for our walk today. Around the block, maybe 20 or so minutes. And Zoe was fine. A little wobbly at times but of course I'm thinking 'hey, she's OK'. Blocking from my mind the half dozen pills I had to give to her so she would be OK. It is so tempting to just keep going. I've taken survey after survey about quality of life. The Internet is so good for something like this. All of them say the same thing. Her good days and good times aren't frequent enough to justify keeping her around.

But she had such a good walk.

The mind plays dirty tricks.

She was wandering around the house a few minutes ago clearly not knowing what was next on the agenda and I'm reminded that the drugs to keep her from hurting have their cost.

The decision is made and the timing is just as good as it can be.

I am getting ready to head over to a friend's house to drop off something and am reminded of the hundreds upon hundreds of times I would say 'come on' and she'd be right with me in the car. She fit the passenger's seat of the Smart Car perfectly. But then she needed help getting in and then it was obviously really uncomfortable for her to sit in a car at all. And one day I just stopped bringing her.

So I'll run my errand with her memory in the seat next to me.

Zoe is my second heart dog. The first was Dylan acquired during a previous marriage and a previous life but who made the transition from wife to wife and military career to civilian life with ease.

I read once about a guy who was an Iditarod race and so was used to having lots of dogs. He retired from the race but continued to have lots of dogs. When his pack began to thin he would go to the shelter and say 'give me the next one you intend to kill'.

That's the way to live. I have always envied him. A river of canines flowing through his life. I've had a small stream but am equally grateful.

So it goes.

mtbc

I had an interesting chat with a pensions guy. He pointed out that the historic performance of even relatively conservative pension funds exceeds the APR on my mortgage. So, given that my paid mortgage interest is tax-deductible on my US taxes, and that I have the tax efficiency of being a higher-rate taxpayer who can pay pre-tax salary into their pension, indeed it probably makes sense to direct any spare money (e.g., annual bonus) into pension instead of mortgage. I have other debt too that I shall prioritize but it is nice to have that bigger picture.

Frankly, I think that I should take some risk in pursuit of faster growth. My pension savings are inadequate at the moment. My suspicion is that gentle, conservative pension investing would leave me still without much of a pension. I would like to think that I have another good couple of decades' of full-time work in me; perhaps that duration, plus not soon rebalancing toward blue-chip bonds and suchlike, might mean that I actually receive a reasonable pension in the end, we'll see.

days_unfolding

Hmm. There are some Music of the Baroque concerts On Demand for which I want to get tickets, so I'm going to skip the September concerts at Krannert. I want to get a ticket for the Brandenburg Concertos in October, and Handel's Messiah at the beginning of December. (I have never heard it.)

Overslept and woke up around 8 AM. Gracie threw up outside, so I need to keep an eye on her. My stomach is upset too.

I read an article in CNN about Northampton, MA, and I'd like to see it. But it's a bear to get to if you don't rent a car. You'd think that because of the college students there, there would be a more direct route. Oh! You can fly there.

I want to do the right thing and contribute my raise (such as it is) to my 403b, but Fidelity's site is having issues. I changed my contributions to account for all the raises that I've had since I started the job.

I'm trying to figure out how I'll get Bella, Gracie, and Oliver, and their food in the car for boarding. I might have to make two trips.

I'm trying to reschedule my COVID shot, but CVS's site keeps having errors. I was planning to return the stoneware tonight, but with my upset stomach, I’ll probably just lie down.

Talked to the garage guy. He had a good reason for the delay. We decided to delay the work until I get back. He asked me to decide between edging to keep the rock in the driveway or a concrete driveway per the city's requirements. I'm leaning towards a concrete driveway, but it's more expensive.

I’m trying leaving discretionary purchases in my Amazon cart to go back to later to see if I still want them.

I received a “values” workbook and cards. I’m going to work on it while I’m in Sardinia.

Took a nap and woke up at 3 AM. The dogs are wondering why I’m up at 3 AM. The cats are saying, "We missed a meal. Get with it!"

susandennis

The new coffee table won't be here Monday, it will be here a week from Monday. Fine. I did figure out where the other stuff will go. And how to add electricity and charging ports to it. So I'll be ready.

I went to Daiso and to Goodwill. It's so weird to go that far away. But mission totally accomplished. Daiso has far more things than it did last trip which was more than a year ago. And the prices are higher, of course, but it was fine and fun.

My 1st priority at Goodwill was a tissue box holder for the bedroom. Really. It had to be heavy and dark. I had one but in a mad chase one night about a month ago, Julio knocked it off the nightstand and it broke into more pieces than could be put back together. It's a difficult thing to shop on Amazon for because I wanted the cheapest I could find and heavy and, preferably not breakable. I found exactly that at Goodwill. $5. It's dark, it's kind of heavy like stone and feels like stone. And now my tissue box won't go flying every time I try to pull out one to blow my nose!

I also found some good hair colored sweaters to unravel and, best of all, ran out of steam before I could cause much more financial disaster. Home and lunched now.

I did get a text from Steve that the pool may be reopened today so volleyball could be back on tomorrow. I'm ok with that.

susandennis

Mainly, I'm pretty sad this morning about my brother's wonderful dog. The two are spending their last weekend together and it's just sad. I'm getting used to seeing the old die but it's still mostly sad.

I have a fair number of friends here who are turning 89 this year. 1936 must have been a great year for sex. Several play volleyball. Last night I went down to scoop up some take out dinner from the buffet and ran into Steve (who's only about 85, I think) and Wally (one of the 89 year olds) and his wife, Marilyn. They were getting ready to go into the dining room and asked me to join them so I did. It was lovely. Wally had spent the afternoon watching the very long Mariners game that had just ended - as had I.

After dinner, I picked up my new sofa feet - the 2"ers to replace the 4"ers. Steve offered to come back and help but I said I thought I could do it and I did get them swapped out and, turns out 2" was right. Just enough height to make getting up easy.

Now I'm considering replacing my ottoman and c table with a coffee table that pops up. Actually, I just ordered it. Be here Monday. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the ottoman and c table. Well, the table will fit into storage but the ottoman... It will all work. And look less hodge podge.

Today I'm going to the Goodwill in Bellevue. I have two things I want and I think I can find them there rather than go into Seattle. It's not that much closer but a little easier to deal with maybe. And I might stop at that big Daiso store on my way home.

The shade rehanging was done gratis as it should have been. I swapped notes with the sales guy and thanked him and then revised my previously revised review - back up to 5 stars. All is good.

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Fence with Windows

Bite me, Brian

Another Busy and Productive Day

Too hot? Wait 3 days

Busy Day

It all went well as it could

Monday

Focused on the mechanisms

Sunday

Success with computer input devices

the cycle

Ugh. I'm Feeling Lousy Again.

anhedonia

toast

Saturday

So glad the decision is made

Investing in a pension

Friday

ooops lost a week

Just stuff

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