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Today's Goodwill Shopping Day. I've decided to go to the Seattle one instead of the marginally close Redmond one. Seattle's is bigger and familiar. Most of my list is kitchen stuff. But I'd be happy if I found another doll hair sweater.

The store does not open until 9 and it's 30 minutes from here but... work traffic. But, what the heck. I'll just turn on my audiobook and inch along if that's what happens. I want to get there and get home.

Ok so here's a bit of magical serendipity. The quote for the blinds just came in. They are expensive but I knew they would be but at least this time I know exactly what I wanted and what will be installed and how they will work and have details on the warranty. So I'm ok with the OMG amount. I signed the contract and paid the bill.

And then, 5 minutes later... I'm not kidding... 5 minutes later. I got an email from USPS with what's coming in the mail today and there... two weeks ahead of when they said it would be... is the check from the IRS for my 2023 amended return!! The amount of that refund is plenty enough to cover the shades! The timing of both is just jarring and delightful.

Wow.

One of my pet peeves (and I have many such pets) is sales people who assume my interest in cost. Without my asking price, they tell me it will be cheaper than x or this is the lowest price ever or some price thing. Yesterday's guy did not mention cost or price once. I didn't ask and he didn't even hint at cost or relative pricing. I was so impressed. If I ask, great, let's talk money. BUT if I don't ask, then clearly there are other things more important to me, and let's talk about those instead. He's one of the few people I've ever run into who 'got' that. And he also did not mention that he'd be giving me a 20% discount because I mentioned that Christian referred me. This is standard practice and I suspect it's built into the pricing but I love that he never mentioned it once.

Another pet peeve - a in a completely different part of the pet farm than the above - is baseball players who don't understand calendars and can't count 9 months. Players now get days off when their wife gives birth. Even if it's in the middle of a critical time of the season or a critical series. They have a good 6 months when they are NOT on duty to play pennant counting baseball. Any time during those 6 months is perfect for baby having time off. The 6 months they are playing is never perfect. Babies take 9 months to make. DO THE FUCKING MATH. But, they don't. So they leave their team in the lurch and then, miss every birthday ever after.

This is not a pet peeve shared by many. In fact, I've never even ever heard of anyone mentioning it but some guy came close this week. His article I Know What You Did Last Summer: When Ballplayers Make Babies is centered around the babies conceived during the all star break. He's got some fun data and fun graphs. And at least he gets the math.

Ok. I think I'll get dressed and head on out.

days_unfolding

I ran my errands. The local store didn’t have Mrs. Meyers, but had Bona, which is supposed to be a gentler cleaner with less chemicals. (I hate to say “organic” because what does that mean really?)

I’m having problems falling asleep. Hell. Overslept an hour. Scrambled to get ready to go. Dropped Bella off at doggie daycare. (They didn’t have a record of the reservation, but they said that they had space.) Bella looked excited. Made it to the meeting. I was stressing because I thought that it started at 8:30 AM, but it started at 9.

Back from my meeting. We went to an escape room afterwards, which was kind of fun. Then I went to pick up Bella. The day care people loved her and said that she loves people. A few members of the staff came over to say goodbye to her. I got things squared away to board Bella and Oliver there, although I need to send some paperwork for Oliver.

The team is going out for dinner, but I don’t have the money for it, so I’m home for the night. I’m going to take a nap soon. I’m wiped out from the limited sleep and all the peopling. I feel beaten up.

billschubert mentioned an adjustable bed. I want to live here as long as possible, so I’m looking into one. But I want a Marriott mattress so I don’t know. My bed is full size, which makes it tougher. I’m glad that there are people on my friends list ahead of me in the aging game. Food for thought.

I need to get the garbage out, but I’m too wiped out. I’ll gather it when I get up from my nap, and I’m getting up early and can take it out then.

I found a leather chair and ottoman that I like for the library, but I’m worried about the cats sharpening their claws on it. (Chaos trashed a leather loveseat that I had in California, so I speak from experience.)

Crashed out and so did the dog. Started laundry. I did something to my knee, so I'll gather garbage in the morning. I need to find shorts and a t-shirt to sleep in.

susandennis

A few weeks ago, they reswizzled our security situation at the front door. They moved the office and the sign in post and also moved the whole thing to new software. Today was the first time I saw it in action. The old stuff was slow and clunky and slow and clunky. The new stuff is swift. And it remembers. The shade guy was here once before - I gather a year or two ago - but it remembered him which made the already fast process faster.

I got both a text and an email with his photo the minute he signed in and he got a visitor badge. One process slick as a whistle.

He's a really nice guy and understood what I wanted and what I didn't want immediately. He's got the goods. Roller shades, wifi enabled to an app and to Google Home or Echo. Rechargeable batteries with a dongle I can reach easily. (My ohsoexpensive shades in the condo required AA batteries. 84 of them - about every 9 months and a royal PIA to change out.)

3 to 5 weeks but, he allowed as how it will probably be closer to the 3 week part of that since apparently, people aren't buying big right now... snerk snerk.

He had way too many options but I picked a color close to the window trim and a texture that I hope Julio will have no interest in. I asked for one shade for the three paneled window and one for the door. He was not sure whether they would do a single for the window because it's so wide. Fingers crossed.

He's going to send me a quote. I can sign electronically and pay up and he'll get it going.

He was a very nice guy and I'm happy to be doing biz with him.

Oh, his measuring tool was a laser and he said he had learned how to be very careful using it in cat households. Julio and Biggie were way too busy investigating his cases to see it but he was doing all of his measuring with a cat toy. He said that early on, he was measuring in a house full of cats and inadvertently had them crashing into China and knocking over a book case while he was trying to get measurements.

greghousesgf

I have to go to PT today. I should be resting because of this damn cold.

Current Music: Bloc Party

susandennis

I got home from errands and there were no cats to be seen. Biggie has taken to hanging in the bathroom these days. There's a very large towel that hangs in there and often he pulls it down. I finally got a clue as to why just now when I went in to pee. He doesn't mean to pull it down, just down enough for a cat tent!

Julio has yet to be seen but he has lots of hiding places and he'll be out in a min. Biggie will stay in his hidey hole for hours on end. Julio stays 5 mins or less.

Errands all done. Lunch ordered for pickup. Dinner ordered for pickup. I'll toe soak again after lunch.

So far, the day is ok dokey.

susandennis

Last Wednesday, my big toe started bleeding from a split on the side of it. I don't remember hitting it nor did it hurt. I put a bandaid on it and all was good. Yesterday the bandaid was tired of being on it so I took it off and everything looked fine. This morning I woke up and that toe was one pissed off toe. It's not mad at the joint so I don't think it's gout. The only visual change is that it's red. But only a little. It does hurt when you press on it and it's not too happy about walking. Crocs help.

Dr. Google says soak in Epsom salt for 15 minutes 3 times a day. soak 1 is now halfway done. Dr. Google also recommends anti fungal cream which I actually have on hand. So. hopefully, I can nip this in the bud. I do not want toe issues.

Playing volleyball was fine because my swim shoes have lots of toe room.

I do think I'm going out this morning. Amazon returns and a couple of things at Safeway. Mainly tortillas. The shades guy comes at 2.

I have two small ottomans in the bedroom both of which have storage. They have held stuff I rarely need. The top shelf of my closet holds blankets and quilts. Yesterday I swapped everything so that my blankets and quilts are now far more easy to get to as is my iron. I've now lived here a year and a half. Maybe in another year and a half, I'll have it organized right!

low_delta

Saturday we went out for dinner. I had jambalaya mac& cheese. I ate just over half of it, and felt stuffed. Sunday was Easter dinner. I again felt stuffed, but that wasn't so bad since I had skipped lunch. It was an afternoon meal, so I had all evening for the food coma to wear off. Then today we met some friends for dinner. I didn't feel as stuffed this time, but still ate more than I needed. And then we're traveling Thursday through Sunday, so I don't feel like this overeating is ending anytime soon.

days_unfolding

It’s pouring rain out. I’m glad for my raincoat; it kept me dry. Bella lasted for a few minutes and then went up on the porch, out of the rain. The ferns will like it.

Woke up at 7 AM. Bella found an enormous stick that she was dragging around. She chewed up one of the ferns :(

RIP Pope Francis. You were one of the better ones.

Yay. Another colleague is driving a colleague to his hotel (we're having an all-staff meeting Tuesday and Wednesday). So I can stop worrying. I went to lunch late though because the person "on-call" had an errand to run.

I'm trying to get ChatGPT on my phone but am having problems.

Crud. I don't have the money for the Doggie Day Care. I'll call them later today. Actually, I have enough cash. I won't be able to go out to dinner tomorrow night. I neeeed my check from the trust!

I found an outfit to wear tomorrow. Black-and-white striped top, tan vegan leather blazer, and jeans.

My psychiatrist recommended that I take a vitamin B12 and D supplement.

Bella is now insisting on me bribing her with treats to come in. It works though :) Now she’s trotting around with a pair of my underwear that she’s trashed.

I've been exchanging emails with my dad about Paris and Europe. I forgot that he looked for some books in French for me while he was in Paris.

Hmm. I was reading susandennis’ post about WiFi connected shades, and I wonder if I could get one on a timer in my bedroom to open when I’m supposed to wake up. That would rock. I need to do some research. Yes, it looks like it’s possible with Alexa or Google Home.

Got us all fed. Now what? I need to get up early to drop Bella off at doggie daycare and get to my meeting. Oh. I need to run an errand. And go to the library too.

Crud. I got myself together, but my phone’s battery is low. I think that I’ll skip the library today (I need to bring my charger to the meeting tomorrow) and let it charge while I post. I should be able to go to the store though.

I feel like all I'm saying is "No." "Bella, leave Oliver alone." "Oliver, quit chewing my straw." "Bella, stop barking at Lily." But they've settled down now. Sort of.

greghousesgf

I have a really bad cold, I must have caught it at the con, there were about a zillion people there. I don't think it's covid. I had to drag myself out of the house to get groceries including cold pills, the only kind they had at the store was some kind I never heard of. They were also out of some things I wanted, including dental floss but I'm too tired to go to other stores. I hope they work. I have to do laundry too, I am currently taking a breather and cooking lunch. Apart from this cold I'm in a good mood.

Current Music: the Beatles

susandennis

I love raw pie crust. Yeah, I know, weird. They sell them all rolled up into log shapes at the grocery. I take a long and chop it up into one inch pieces and put it in a plastic container in the fridge and, when I need a snack, I grab one. I'm sure I'm not the only one. But maybe I am.

I went down to get brunch from the buffet line yesterday and the line was way way way too long and not moving fast so no thanks. I had a lovely day up here. Knitting and watching TV.

I was not overly sleepy when I went to bed but had no problem drifting off. A little after 9. I did not wake up again until 5:30 and then, after a pee, went back to sleep for another hour and a half. 95 on my bed's sleep scale.

John, who is 88, says everyone dies at 88. Clearly not everyone but he sure nailed the pope. John turns 89 in a few weeks so he feels like he'll be in the clear.

I have another Amazon return but also a week to return it so probably won't be going today. Tomorrow the shades guy comes. He's a recommendation from my designer friend and has done shades here at Timber Ridge but weirdly, I cannot find any details about his shades. Good yelp,etc reviews on his service but nothing on the shades. I want wifi connected shades. And I'm really not interested in shades that aren't. I could call him and get more details but I think I'll just let him come out and 'sell' me. Wednesday I think I might go to Goodwill. I might go to the one in Bellevue as opposed to my old stomping grounds in Seattle.

Back when air fryers were a brand spanking new thing, I got one. It was gynormous and loud and had fiddly parts. And fun to play with but soon it broke. The plastic bit that held the basket in broke off. But, by then, they had toaster ovens that also did air frying. Ok. So I got one of those and have had variations of those ever since. Til now. My latest is small because my needs are small and my space is small. But it's honestly too small to really keep clean and has other issues. So I put it away. And bought a straight forward, simple air fryer. And I love it. This one is way smaller overall than my first one with a larger basket! And it is so simple to just toss the basket into the dishwasher. At some point I may get the toaster oven out again but maybe not.

Yesterday was mini monsters day but today it's back to dolls.

days_unfolding

I watched a couple more episodes of The Golden Girls. The dog is fast asleep, so I’m going to get in my pajamas and join her.

Got up at 7. Bella defended the yard against a squirrel. She ate Lily’s food. Bad dog! She was trotting around with one of my bras that she found.

I was looking for pictures of Mimi because I think that I want the painted urn. Found some.

Oh shit! I just realized that a book that Bella destroyed was a library book! Guess that I need to go over and pay for it.

Tried to nap but couldn’t sleep.

I’m trying to decide what to do. I need to run over to Walmart to get Mrs. Meyers cleaner and Munchie Bones. I need to plant the new plants, which requires cleaning out the garden bed. And I need to clean the bedroom, kitchen, and upstairs.

It’s a little early for lunch, so I guess that I’ll get in the shower. Well, I needed to do laundry, so I guess that I’ll have lunch.

I’m looking for a new housekeeper because mine is moving out of town in June. I found someone who wants to support herself as a new grad student. I’ll contact her later in May.

My towels didn’t dry, so I threw on the clothes that I had on yesterday. I found my shovel and will go out and plant the ferns (done). Then the alarm on the Honda started going off. I shut it off twice, but apparently it had been going off since last night, but I didn’t hear it. I contacted an online Honda mechanic, and he said that the alarm system was built in. He said to bring it to a dealer to read the messages why the alarm was going off, but next week is problematic because of my off-site meetings. He told me how to disconnect the battery, but I didn’t have a small enough wrench. My neighbor came over and disconnected it.

I'm supposed to give someone a ride tomorrow, but that isn't going to work.

The pup is tired from being outside so long. Napped with her.

It’s a little late to go to Walmart. I’ll go tomorrow.

I started reading Judy Collins’ book. It’s interesting.

I don't feel up to starting anything new, so I'm going to crash.

greghousesgf

I had so much fun at the My Little Pony convention! Lots of laughs, lots of partying, lots of food, looked at interesting swag. it was a great opportunity to get to know the two friends who invited me better and they are both super super nice and generous. Saw some amazing costumes. my friends gave me a couple of plushies. I swam 16 laps in the pool (first time I had my leg scar exposed in public which I was nervous about but nobody seemed to care or notice). First time I ever played Rock Band and I sang Freebird. I know that has fuck all to do with ponies but it was cool and I went over well. I'm super tired right now, did not sleep well over the weekend but it was worth it

Current Music: Mozart

nerakrose

til solen står op (141411 words) by nerakrose
Chapters: 40/40
Fandom: Afdeling Q | Department Q (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Assad/Carl Mørck, Assad & Carl Mørck
Characters: Carl Mørck, Assad (Afdeling Q), Marcus Jacobsen, Rose Knudsen, Jesper (Afdeling Q), Hardy (Afdeling Q)
Additional Tags: Aftermath of Violence, Police Brutality, All Cops Are Bastards, Whump, Forced Outing, Eventual Happy Ending, Assad Whump, WIP Tags, POV Alternating, Original Character(s), Pining, Father-Son Relationship, Queer Themes, Situationship (temporary), Demisexual Character, Demisexual Carl Mørck, Jesper lever i et univers hvor han har TO papfædre. han kan ikke overbevises om andet, lidt for detaljerede beskrivelser af kaffe nu når jeg tænker over det, Carl og Assad skændes som et gammelt ægtepar ❤️, jeg mener den her fic endelig fortjener et slow burn tag helt ærligt, Slow Burn, Masturbation, Pining: i n t e n s i f i e s, Family Dynamics, conversations in cars, Carl prøver virkelig sit bedste, Love Confessions, First Kiss, svære samtaler, dvs Carl åbner lidt op. endelig, Relationship Negotiation, Carl går til psykolog, lange snakke, kys og ømhed, klamydia (ikke alvorligt), en meget urealistisk fremstilling af hvordan en dansk retssag foregår, UST: tiltagende, Romance, traumatised detectives in love, Oral Sex, Praise Kink, Carl "mors dreng" Mørck, landlig idyl, Kittens, dansk sommer, Family Drama, Happy Ending
Summary:
"Der er to tusind klagesager mod politiet hvert år. Vi vinder dem allesammen. Er det fordi vi aldrig begår fejl eller fordi vi beskytter hinanden?"
- Carl Mørck, Journal 64

Når Assad bliver anholdt uden gyldigt grundlag, og i processen bliver outet for hele Danmark, må han finde ud af, hvordan han skal forene begge sider af sit liv. Det gør det ikke nemmere, at den mand han er brændende forelsket i, også er hans chef: uopnåelige Carl Mørck.

Carl vil gøre alt for at redde Assads karriere - og for at få de skyldige ned med nakken. Det bliver startskuddet på en følelsesmæssig opdagelsesrejse for Carl, og endnu et led i det opgør han har med sig selv. For når der er så meget galt med ham, hvordan kan han i det hele taget gøre sig fortjent til Assad?

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longest thing I ever wrote, and it is, finally, finished!!! I have been working on this for OVER A YEAR. I got the idea back in October 2023 but I was working on a different fic at the time, and then there was Yuletide, so I didn't start writing until January 2024. I did start posting chapters on AO3 on April 20th 2024 and I was determined to finish this fic before or on that date - and well, today is April 20th 2025, and I put the final touches on the last two chapters and did several rounds of edits, and now the chapters are up and posted and I am DONE. FINISHED.

susandennis

The Sunday brunch here is served from 9-1. Today's a special brunch but I figured the hours were the same. Nope. Just looked and it's 11-1:30. Glad I looked. I did tell Hazel that I wouldn't be joining them in the elbow. Baseball is such a good excuse.

Yesterday in Elbow Coffee they announced Yet Another Emergency Drill. We are to bring our Go Bags (empty is fine) and Pet Carriers (empty is preferred) and meet in the elbow on Monday the 28th at 2 pm to test elevator capacity. There are a lot of questions there but those are not the questions everyone in the elbow killed 45 minutes asking. "What if I don't have a Go Bag?" "Ingrid's walker is bigger than mine so I bring mine?" "How will we know when to come to the elbow?" "My cat has two carriers. Should I bring both?" etc etc etc.

I am very weary of disaster preparedness. And of stupid questions.

According to the emails I got, the power went out at the condo yesterday about 8:30 am. The power company first said it would be restored by 2:30. Then 4:30. Then 8:30. I'm guessing it probably came on about 9ish because the emails stopped. But boy were they entertaining. When they put in the key fob system, they didn't bother with a backup. I actually suggested it but they said that the system would run for 8 hours after a power outage so no need. Turns out, it actually runs for about 3, then no way to get into the building unless someone lets you in. They also had several electrical things - a pump and something else I don't remember - that no one turned off which then triggered a fire alarm. Each email got less informative and more ridiculous. And the garage doors were also not working except someone manually tried one of them and broke it.

I spent all day yesterday sooooooo grateful to be here. Our four days of power outage were way less traumatic than their 8 hours. I haven't heard officially, but I'm guessing no buyers yesterday.

I'm going to get dressed and then walk downstairs before anyone gets up and about. The point is to get some steps in without peopling. Then I think I'll hole up in here with my knitting needles and baseball. Yesterday I ended up listening to the Mariners game against the Blue Jays which turned out to be a great listen. And 12 innings of a fun game.

I've only got 5 more days of my Netflix month and I haven't even started the new season of Night Agent. May have to pop for another month. I have several Prime things I want to watch but their stuff is darkly lit that I'm kind of saving them for when I get the blinds in here and can block the daylight some. I'm not sure that's going to help but it's worth a try.

days_unfolding

I found the itineraries for the Japan and Orient Express trips. The Orient Express trip still excites me; Japan not as much. They both are long trips, so I can’t take both of them and I should take a shorter trip as a second trip in the spring or summer next year. I'll look for a shorter cruise. Okay, I like this cruise. Or I could go to Bermuda on another cruise line.

One of the little plastic cat ball toys rolled down the stairs, and Bella chewed it into pieces. Once I get the check from the trust, I will subscribe to plastic cat ball toys if I can. They will get used and abused.

Woke up at 8:30 AM.

I got my blood test results, and my vitamin D and B12 levels are normal. That’s not why I’m so tired.

It’s raining lightly. Oh good, the rain will stop in the afternoon.

I’m using the MediSafe app recommended by bill_schubert. I think that it will be helpful. Notifications are off though, and I need to turn them on.

Crap. The doggie day care is full two of the days. Now what? Called and left a message at another place. There also is a third place, but it’s out of town and not convenient. The place that I called wants to do an evaluation on Thursday, so they couldn’t do Wednesday.

I really feel like going back to sleep. I’ll skip going to the library and go on Monday.

Bella already has a small pile of crap that she’s found to play with in the kitchen. I need to get after it with a broom while it’s still small.

Hmm. I’m looking at urns for Mimi, but nothing is saying ”Mimi” to me. Etsy has some that are painted to look like the cat, which I like.

Oliver came over for snuggles, and Bella promptly jumped on my lap. Jealousy….Later, Bella was about to poop on the kitchen floor, and I hussled her butt outside.

Well, took a shower anyway. I’m dragging. I was going to watch a movie, but my Hulu account is on hold because they can’t charge my credit card. I don’t want to use another card because I need to pay for Bella’s doggie day care. Netflix is hosed too. Okay, I’ve already paid for episodes of The Golden Girls. Watched a couple of episodes.

Now I'm going to feed the hordes and crash.

susandennis

Part of maybe most of the reason I enjoyed working the jigsaw puzzles in the elbow was the traffic there. I could see who was going where and interact minimally with my neighbors. But, I think now, I'm over that. I had lunch with Hazel and John yesterday and remembered why that was no longer fun. They are sweet but fairly clueless. Their conversation is repetitive and borderline racist and not at all interesting. Making the effort to maintain relationships needs to pay off for me. And I'm not getting a big enough pay off. I'm just not kind enough or nice enough. The other neighbors are nice but not the people I want to hang with. Plus, Noelle has taken to leaving me Jesus shit on my shelf. Hopefully, it's just because of Easter but NoThankYou.

Hazel and John want us all to go to the Easter Buffet and get our food and then eat up here together. 1. They don't want to do it until after they get out of church at 11 which means the time the buffet line with be the longest. 2. There is no longer much 'us'. and 3. They aren't Myrna. Myrna would organize it and bully every one and rally everyone into joining her and it was great. Hazel and John will put out place mats and wonder why no one shows. I'm going to tell them this morning that I need to go down early because I have a baseball game.

I hope the new people coming in are lovely. But, if not, they won't be spoiling a perfect little group cause that ship has sailed.

I have gotten several things lately with rechargeable batteries. They all come with a short USB A to USB C cable. Which I do not need. I now have an over flowing drawer of those cables. And charging warts. I've given away a million charging warts. And, still, my charging warts drawer over floweth. It's the wire hangers of today.

I just caught Biggie chewing on some foam. I don't think he got enough to do damage but at least I know for sure that he has not entirely lost his skill in EatingCrapThatCausesSurgery.

And speaking of ingesting... I keep grape juice in the fridge. Once or twice a day, I'll reach in and take a swig. I buy it in big bottles and then pour it into mason jars for easier swigging. Yesterday I swigged the rest of one of the jars and then noticed something in the remainder. MOLD!! I drank moldy grape juice. Ugh. It's been nearly 24 hours and I'm not dead so I'm guessing it wasn't fatal but ugh.

I have only been putting out one doll a day and then one at night. The one at night often makes it to the day. I hoard the rest for the weekend. Today I put them all out and they are cracking me up.

The tweak I've done to the doll pattern enables them to 'stand' if they are propped. The only ones toppled unless supported on 3 sides. But these just line up like a street gang. I didn't realize they were all looking in different directions until I saw the picture. That's cracking me up, too.

I did laundry yesterday and a little closet reorg so all there is today after elbow coffee is knitting and baseball. My kind of day.

days_unfolding

I overslept, so I need to jam. I got everything done except the bedroom. I'll clean it myself.

Lily was playing with a ball, so I gave Oliver one. So Lily started playing with the one that I gave to Oliver. Cats!

My cleaner is here. Yay! She likes the new-to-her kitties and dog. She found a leak in the toilet, sigh. It probably needs replacing. I need to get a plumber in here also because the faucet in that bathroom is dripping. She says that she gets endorphins from cleaning. I'm the exact opposite. I'm able to walk right by a mess and not "see" it. When I'm cleaning, my back starts hurting and I'm done. She recommended Mrs. Meyers for non-toxic cleaning.

This is great though. Because it's going to rain, I'll get the bedroom and upstairs done and mop the living room floor. Then I'll need to get a carpet cleaner in for the upstairs, but that might have to wait until after my conference trip.

I’m telling Bella that the house looks nicer without shredded toilet paper and paper towels, but she stole the napkin on my lap while I was eating dinner, so I think that she’s not convinced. Now Bella is chewing a stick and getting wood splinters all over the nice clean floor. But I’d rather that she chew that instead of my stuff.

The trust said that they thought that the check would be ready on Tuesday.

Got the forms in for doggie day care.

Okay. Quince has an outfit that I want for the flight. A linen tank top, pants, and blazer in "driftwood" (ecruish). I could wear it to church too when I start going.

At the doctor’s office. I got a blood test that I had been putting off beforehand. The doctor is running really late. And I have stomach cramps. I finally saw the doctor, and she asked me why I was there, and I said, "Because you had me set up a follow-up appointment!" We did talk about my impacted ear wax, and she told me to use Debrox and come back, and they'll have a nurse irrigate my ear.

I’m completely wiped out. I’m thinking of going to bed extremely early. I need to run to the library tomorrow along with planting the bare root ferns.

I discovered where Oliver likes to nap—on one of the chairs in the kitchen. When the chair is pushed in, I can’t see him.

Got us all fed. Noodled around on the Internet. I'm going to feed the beasties and crash.

susandennis

I found a short cut to both UPS and Safeway. Win! And return done. Then back here for the big tackle.

Much more brutle a job than I anticipated but it's done. Most everything is now very easily accessible and like stuff is with like stuff and stuff I will never ever want again is gone. Oh and I can see everything through the mesh.

And I have two hands now full of senile purpula (ugly old people blood bruises) that will take weeks to heal but will blend in nicely with everyone else's hands here.

Just fell down a rabbit hole of cookware. I need to get to the Goodwill Store soon. Sorry, Amazon. Your prices are just too high.

I think I'll go wash my hands and go do some puzzling.

susandennis

I started yesterday. On my storage unit. I filled two tall kitchen bags with clothes to be donated. And got a good look at the stuff and a plan to arrange it so that I can easily get to the stuff I might want to more often.

I still have the mobility scooter which I really really do not need but can't seem to part with so I'll put it at the very back with the doors (which Timber Ridge made me keep). Then I'll arrange the rest in pop up see through hampers that I can grab easily.

First I need to get rid of the clothes, so first thing I'm going to take them to the donation bin downstairs and then run one more item to UPS for returns, then come home and do the rest.

Today is also menu day. This week's menu has not been at all interesting and I'm already falling behind my monthly meal spending. So, here's hoping there are some delicious meals next week!

Time now to get dressed and get to work.

msconduct

Despite the massive thunderstorm that's been going on for the last hour and a half, Tropical Cyclone Tam seems to have done its worst now. Parts of the country have been cut off by flooding and thousands of people are without power, but it was at least a lot less severe than Cyclone Gabrielle three years ago, which was the worst weather I've ever experienced.

We were fine, didn't get huge amounts of rain, and while the wind was pretty powerful, without my huge trees I wasn't too worried. Let's hope this is as bad as it gets this cyclone season.

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