Tatoulia, have a great trip!

We are going to see our son and dil tomorrow.

Hi CriticalMass
If you do storm area 51 you had better come here and visit with me too!
I don't live all that far from the town of Rachel.
If you do I will tell you all about the UFO I saw and some other cool stuff too.

WAY TO GO! sewing all the Barbie clothes!!!
You do such a lovely job on those tiny little outfits. 🙂

Sorry you can't locate those books.
But you are working on getting things sorted out and organized.
Somethings just have to wait for the weather to cooperate.
Good luck getting the bedroom under control. 🙂

I'm around, making progress on some things but stymied on others. I finished the last bits of sewing of Barbie clothes for the little girl. Now to pack it in a cute gift bag, and her baby brother's birthday gifts in another, contact my cousin, and arrange delivery.

I've done bits and pieces in storage and looked around getting ideas for serious projects to tackle whenever this stinkin' heat lets up.

Bedroom still a crazy mess, and I can't locate two of my silly UFO books for research for my satirical novel. I've looked and looked in there and also in storage in case they were among books I carted over there. Nada so far.

Maybe my books have been abducted, LOL! Maybe I need to #StormArea51 tomorrow and make "them aliens" give 'em back. Heh.

Hi Subclinical
((((HUGS))))
We do NOT see you as a failure at all.
Some days things just seem to conspire against us.

Hi Tatoulia
Sure! But I don't think you would like it smelling like you have your face right in a cow's butt. ;p
Would you believe that my asthma is aggravated by marijuana smoke?
Indoor concerts were miserable.

Have a wonderful time on your little vacation.
Miss Kitty will be fine.
Drive safely, watch out for the other guy.
Looking forward to hearing all about your adventure when you return. 🙂

Sorry to hear about the stench, Tillie. Boston smells like marijuana and I'm so sick of it. Everyone is smoking it everywhere and it is rancid. Could we switch for a bit?

SubC I am so sorry that your day is going poorly. We love you and we look up to you! Your failures aren't failures in our eyes.

Getting ready to leave. I'm packing my regular bags and am grateful I didn't blow money on something I'll never use again. My God that bag cost more than my trip is about to cost. And remember, earlier this year I sold a once-used very expensive designer bag that turned out to be a man's bag. And I earned something insane on it like 183 or 353 or some other crazy amount.

I'll catch up with you soon. Need to finish packing so I can leave at BFs. Then I'll drive rental car up to him to pick up.

Need to go take mom her clean dishes and change the cat box. I hope to see the little one. She was elusive at lunch time.

Tatoulia, today I feel like I am failing at everything.

Hi Tatoulia
Thank you. 🙂

Maybe your headaches are exasperated by the changing seasons, barometric pressure, etc.?

YEA! for clean house and freshly made bed!!!

I'm so glad that you feel good about your decluttering decisions.
You're doing the hard stuff correctly by thinking a spell before putting the final decision in action. 🙂

WTG! your Mom!!!
Very happy new Kitty is coming around to living her new life of luxury.

So, you were tempted by a lovely travel bag...
Someday when you are living a different life with the possibility of more travel you CAN get a fancy new bag then. (((HUG)))

Won't get up to the predicted 70 degrees today, just 65. ;p
Been doing some beading.
It's lightly breezy with lots of sunshine coming through the windows.
There is some sort of "inversion" condition in the atmosphere here bringing ALL the lovely scents of the dairy farm up close and personal here.
It's annoying, to say the least, usually we don't have to smell the dairy cows.

Sorry about the upset stomach, Tillie. You got some great finds at the thrift shop. I love my cotton tea towels. I really love my one linen one. I give them as gifts. Easy, small, inexpensive yet incredibly useful gifts.

I've been suffering from headaches lately.

Last night I had a phenomenal sleep. It's cool at night and I have my ceiling fan on. Also, I had to go to work yesterday and the cleaners came while I was gone. So clean house and clean sheets for me!!! So great.

I'm reducing my stuff and I am so happy. I'll take a bag to car tonight. I felt absolutely fine about the dishes, Tillie.

Mom is getting better, too. On her own! And the kitty is soooo sweet. Gentle little soul. I held her last night. Her fur and skin are recovering from life on the streets and poor nutrition.

I leave tmr for my trip. I washed my blanket today so that BF will have a fresh blanket for his naps.

I don't know if this deserves credit because I shouldn't have considered it in the first place but there was a lovely medium blue leather overnight bag that I really wanted and was so pretty and was marked down from 800 to 575 and I had to keep telling myself, you never travel. It's too expensive and you never travel. It's just another thing that looks really awesome and fits a lifestyle you do not have. I also don't have the money. Oh I wasn't shopping for one, I have bags, I was in the store getting something I needed when I passed by the bag.

So it doesn't count but I've struggled for a few days.
SubC! I want to be more like you and get more done in a day!!!

Morning, again...

Weather today, low of 40, high 70 degrees.
Breezy, chance of rain.

Was sick last night, upset stomach & etc.
Maybe I over did it going to town?
May just rest today and prepare the foods tomorrow.
I dunno...

Good Afternoon Anybody 😉

Back from town.
Had a good time, some pleasant conversation with some pleasant people.
Bought food, put it away.
Filled 2 water bottles with 3 gallons each.
Only 2:30pm now.
Got some garnet beads at the thrift shop.
A package of 3 cotton sack dish towels.
Complete package of 50 tealight candles too.
Two boxes of scented wax to melt with the tealights.
Looked at everything, took my time.

The wind has started up again this afternoon.
Not as vicious as the other day, yet.

Bought ingredients to make a bean salad.
Got some spare ribs to cook up.
Looking forward to having food again rather than just eating remnants out of the pantry.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Subclinical
WAY TO GO!
Glad you got in some swimming.
YEA! for clean sheets and keeping up with everything that's important and necessary!!!

The skirts sound nice, good luck finding a replacement someday.
I noticed that most skirts nowadays don't have pockets.

Another cold morning, guess I should just accept the fact that it will be this way for months now.

Going in to town today...
Will stop by the thrift shops and the water depot to fill two water bottles.
Then grocery shopping.
No need to hurry and try getting back home before noon since it's not hot out any more.
The car is very dirty from all the blowing dirt the other day and I haven't hosed it off yet.
Fortunately, I'm not the only person who's driving around in a dirt mobile.
Every body got to enjoy that dust storm. ;p

Hello Tillie!

Tuesday morning to Wednesday night and Thursday morning to Friday night are two full chunks of my week.

But I handled yesterday really well. I squeezed in two loads of laundry yesterday and sept in clean sheets last night. Also swam with dd1, filled my gas tank, dropped off the trash, ran the dishwasher, and picked up a few groceries.

The goat is still afraid. Dh made pad Thai.

More lesson plans to do tonight.

It has been very hot, so i've been wearing "teacher skirts" to school - long, light, and very washable. One has to go because the elastic is stretched out. That leaves me with three, and only one has pockets. I would like to have four and wish they all had pockets. Don't know when i'll have time to go thrifting again though.

Hello Anybody

Didn't do too much today.
Fed lots of cats or fed the cats lots.
Scooped their boxes & swept.
Did some beading.
Worked on my grocery list.
Watched some Netflix.
It warmed up pleasantly after being so cold this morning.
Was a very nice day especially after all the winds yesterday.
I'm all showered and ready to go to sleep soon.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Subclinical
It really hurts when you can never go home again.
So much is lost due to "progress".
There are places full of wonderful memories that can only be visited in our memories. (((HUG)))

Good luck with the new goat socializing today. 😉

It's cold.
Got down into the 40s last night.
Time to start getting ready for Winter while there will still be days where it will still get hot.

I don't think the goat would like it if I hugged him. He doesn't want me to touch him. I'm hoping him roommate will set a good example. I put him with the wether who loves me to pet him.

Dh made squash with carrots, mushrooms, and fish. Lots of spices.

My grandparents built a little beach house when my mom was a kid. We spent a lot of our summers there. I took my kids back. My mom and my uncle inherited it, but sold it a couple of years ago because the taxes were too high, the grandkids were mostly grown, and the upkeep was hard. The street had gone from little houses to big condos. The beach had gotten very crowded. We rarely visited. It made me cry because it was mostly a reminder that my grandparents were gone.

The people who bought it told my mom and uncle they were going to renovate it and use it as a rental - and they did, for two summers.

Last night my dad took my mom down for dinner and a walk on the beach for her birthday. She wanted to go by the house, but it is gone. So is the small condo next door. One of the owners apparently now owns both lots and is putting up a huge condo.

I'm not at all surprised, but my mom was really upset. I want to tell her that everything important was already gone, but her father built that little house - it mattered to her.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Subclinical
WTG! for lesson plans done and ideas about Friday's!

YEA!!!
Come & Get It!!! Dinner bell back up!

I like maroon and black!

Great that DH made dinner and cleaned up too while you took care of laundry and got the coffee maker all ready for morning.

Hope Fraidy goat settles down and quits annoying his roommate.

Hi Tatoulia
One day there was a baby horse all alone on the other side of my back fence.
She had a pony for company but her Mama was removed to ween the baby.
I went out and hugged the baby horse and she hugged back, leaning hard into me.
My kitty came up on the fence post and gave baby horse kisses.
Baby horse stopped crying and her and my kitty became best friends, spending all their time together.

WTG! taking care of all those kitty tasks!
Has the scoopable litter helped to reduce litter box odors?
Mine sure does.

How are you feeling about wrapping up the dishes for donation?
Good I hope. (((hug)))

The winds began to RAGE.
Blew big things and small things all around.
The dust was so thick at times visibility was null.
It sprinkled just a teeny tiny little bit, just enough to mar my clear clean windows.
Some tree branches are down all around the county.

The wind has died down now and I am finally able to open some windows.

Only fresh produce I have are some lemons.
I need to get some fresh produce.
Maybe Wednesday I'll go into town?

SubC what did your husband cook for dinner???

How was your day off, Tillie? I hope it was great! Definitely feels like autumn here. So nice. Just the way I want to feel!!

SubC you absolutely do not need to accept the dinner invitation again. You've done your part.

I would love to come over and hug the tiny goat and tell him a story.

I didn't se me kitty tonight. She wasn't in the closet it anyplace else obvious so I changed her box and cleaned up a little mess she had in the carpeting and put down fresh food for her.

I also cleaned my little buddy's box and I have taken out the garbage.

I had a good day working from home then got a walk in tonight I just washed my face and I'm going to climb into bed soon.

I have packaged up the plates to be donated and I added another item to go. Goodnight dear friends.

The new goat is still terrified and his companion complained about the new living arrangements all day. Sigh.

I have all my lesson plans ready for tomorrow and most for Wednesday, plus a rough idea about Friday. (Thursday I have the same classes as on Tuesday but one, so I can't really plan until tomorrow night.)

Dh made dinner and cleaned the kitchen. I put away most of the backlog of clean laundry and set up the coffee.

We are out of dishwasher soap.

Yesterday we finally got a new post back in and put my dinner bell back up (it had to cone down for the construction on the addition - 5 years ago!)

Today I ordered my traditional two school t-shirts. One maroon and one black. I will get rid of the orange one, so I will be up by one, but who knows what colors they will have next year....

Hi Subclinical

Just about the worst is being helpless/powerless to do anything in a given situation.
Hope you can find some acceptance and that the outcomes are good.
(((HUG)))

Wishing the new goat relaxes and starts to enjoy his new home.
Like Tatoulia's Mom's new cat I think in a little time things will work out.

After having been ready to attend two parties that were both cancelled you have the right to decline the next invitation if you want to.
Cause I said so. ;p

The robust winds are whipping all around from every direction.
Clouds are zooming fast across the sky.
Might get up to 80 today, might rain later too.

The new goat is terrified of everything.

I am not managing my time well.

Also, I keep feeling sick to my stomach over things I have no control over. BECAUSE I have no control over them, so i'm Not sure how to help that.

I'm not sure I can face for a third time, the idea of going to a dinner party.

Good Morning Everyone
"Clink!"

Hi Subclinical

How is the new goat adjusting?
Hope the other goats are making him feel welcome. 😉

Wishing you many enjoyable parties, get-to-gathers and hoe downs this Autumn.

Hi Tatoulia
Kitty looked comfortable having her picture taken.

Hope your Mom is feeling all better now. (((hug)))

Brush Miss Kitty!
Please don't fret too much getting ready and going on your little trip.
You will be fine, Miss Kitty will be fine, you will have FUN.

Other than the usual every day cat related tasks, I have nothing that I have to do today.
So I am declaring today to be my day off! 😉

Good morning and coffee clinks.

You did a lot, CM! I too see the bunnies huddling for a board meeting. I like that you have an energetic professor/students to help out the cause!! That is great news!!! good luck at the dr's office.

Tillie I need to brush my cat. She's looking a little ratty. Do you know who's not looking ratty? Mom's cat! She's so sweet. I'll post some pictures.

SubC the dinner party is cancelled again. Oh dear.

I'm doing some delicates laundry now. The cleaners are coming either Wednesday or Thursday. I leave Friday! Don't know which day I'll be back.

Tillie you are so good to wash your windows. I really need to do that.

Okay off for now. Will be gathering things for goodwill and taking to the car. Mom was sick yesterday so I didn't get her out. But I had two nice visits with her and that adorable cat of hers.

Hi CriticalMass

When you said Bunny Club Board Meeting...
my brain was picturing a group of Bunny Rabbits sitting around a table conducting business.
LOL ;D

Today it only got up to 87 degrees for a little while in the afternoon.
But the winds started picking up and it always feels cooler when the wind's blowing.
We have a slight chance of rain tomorrow.
I just washed the windows so it should rain just enough to mess them up.

Good luck and best wishes at the doctor tomorrow.
Really hope you can go swimming, best exercise ever.
Very glad you were able to walk around the fair without too much discomfort. (((hug)))

Twinkles thanks you and says he feels fine except I don't brush him enough.
He wants to be brushed all day long, only taking breaks to eat and nap.

I hate when automatic payments are not taken out of the bank.
The car insurance did that once and told the DMV we didn't have insurance so DMV canceled our license plates/registration and fined us hundreds and when we had a mortgage bank of America did that with a house payment then tried to charge us a late charge.

I got the dishes washed and the grass & garden watered.
My headache left this afternoon but my shoulder back area is still achy.

Tired and brain fried. Those 90s temps, I don't know if it's hotter here today or just that yedterday the excitement of the fair was distracting. But it was hot there too.

Rain is forecast for Wed thru Fri here - but not a lot of cooldown. Tillie, I wish we could share a little moisture with you. I'm glad to hear you will wet down the yard, better than risking a fire. Continued get well wishes to Twinkles.

Tatoulia enjoy your trip - hope it is a time of rest, renewal, and no worries.

SubC, hope the goat is settling in well.

This afternoon the bunny club had a board meeting. We have a graphic design professor from my alma mater who is guiding his students thru designing a cool new logo for us, has ideas for events and merchandise, is connected in the community, and very energetic. This will help us at no cost for their work, and the suppliers of logo merch are ones he knows and will give us good deals.

It's a lot to take in though, after a day of travel. I could easily go to sleep right now at 7:30! But can't wrap up the day this soon.

Tomorrow is my doctor appt re migraines and hip/leg/back. As far as the migraines I think one thing I did, having as little caffeine as possible, has helped. The hip did get achy yesterday about 3/4 through walking the fairgrounds, but that's better than I thought it'd do.

So I think mainly this'll end up just being an advisory appointment, like what exercises should I do at the gym, or avoid. I want to go later this week if possible. Hopefully there'll be times when there aren't thunderstorms with lightning, so I can swim.

Tuesday I "babysit" my lady, and in between I have several ditsy details to follow up on, such as why my insurance payment has not been deducted from the bank several days past when it should've been. I don't like ditsy details to follow up on. My brain is ditsy enough all on its own.

I'll try to check in tomorrow.

Lovely fall day here as well.

Goat is home safe and sound and the dinner party is cancelled again.

I'm going to do some lesson plans and I don't know what else.

CM, that is wonderful and amazing about your tip! And I am so glad you got to enjoy the fair.

Tatoulia, i'm sure kitty will be fine, even though she will probably tell you how much she suffered and needs treats when you return.

Tillie, rest and stay safe.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Subclinical
Hope everything goes well fetching home the goat.
Have a lovely time at the party. 😉

Hi Tatoulia
Happy you are enjoying the beautiful weather and listening to the bells. 😀

Good luck with the dishes, yours and your Mom's both.

So when exactly are you leaving?
I'm sure Miss Kitty will be just fine and if she needs more, your BF will take good care of her needs.

Hi CriticalMass
WAY TO GO!!!!
Driving on the freeway and at night too!!!!

You also have been doing fantastic chipping away at your bedroom.
Getting things where they are supposed to go and rethinking what goes there!

So happy you went to the fair and had a lovely time and didn't feel the need to bring home every brochure. (((HUG)))

Internet was not cooperating last evening at all.
I'm still in pain from the work I did Friday.
My spine does not like when I do certain labors.
That's the reason I put off doing that task for so long, I knew it would hurt.

High wildfire danger warning for the next two days.
Humidity 5% to 15% with high winds.
People are advised to not even do yardwork like use gas lawn mowers, etc.

Today I need to, really need to wash dishes.
This afternoon I will water the grass and garden too.
It needs water and I will feel better with that area wet down.

Hi, hope weekend is going well.

Tillie and Tatoulia, I hope for you relief from aches and grumbly tummies.

Tatoulia, glad the little one and your mom are forming a bond. May I suggest kitty probiotics for her digestion, as they have helped our former feral and still do when he gets soft poo.

And I will pray for you with the sibling situation because you are doing so many positive things to regain and maintain your own health, the last thing you need is to max out on that old stressful pattern with them.

The mental health system is broken and overburdened, and those who need help are often in denial. From my own experiences as both client and working as an admin assistant briefly for an agency, and having relatives and friends who themselves or their family members were in "the system," there is much sadness and struggle involved.

SubC the young man, I will pray gets good help for the causes behind the tragic event, and the new trauma of the event itself.

Hi Debbie, Tess, Joan...

I did some more on what I started earlier in the week. The clutter drift is mainly in one end of the bedroom. The other half is almost looking good. I had bought a white rug awhile back - my roommate prefers darker colors, and my eyesight doesn't do well like if I drop a small item on the dark grey flooring in there. So finally I had cleared enough space for the white rug to go near the bed, and swept the floor before laying it down.

Then beside that went my new book box for my "old friend" books that I re-read periodically. My Beany Malone vintage teenage series, Harry Potter, Twilight, and Nora Roberts Bride Quartet. An assortment of different comfort foods for my brain.

Many books that have been in the bedroom went back to storage. I gazed round storage in a bit of dismay, but tried to reassure myself that Badger and I will soon be making up for lost time in there. Whenever the temperatures decide to get out of the 90s.

Well, one last thing to relate, and it's a biggie. Went to the State Fair - and I drove. On the highway! At 70 mph! Roommate rode shotgun; I'm nowhere near being able to solo, but there have been so many years I didn't think I could've done this.

And we had the most fun and relaxed time. Saw the quilts in the domestic arts building, agriculture stuff, vendors (I didn't buy anything nor did I pick up but a half dozen paper items which I will look at then dispose of promptly.)

The highlight of course for me was the Rabbit Building. Saw hundreds of gorgeous adorable bunnies, but in those horrid little wire jail cells. Wished I could take them all to a huge happy place and just lie down and let them swarm over me and give them treats and lovins.

Stopped by the nursing home and visited my youngest two aunts (in their 80s). More on that later.

Got lost for awhile trying to find the way back to the highway from there, and it was already latef than intended. Which meant... I drove back at night!!! Talk about a bonus round. I did fine with that as well. I feel blessed for these inroads - no pun intended - against agoraphobia.

Well, I better feed my bunnies and get to Mass. More later.

Hello everyone! Coffee clinks!

My towels are in the laundry. It's a beautiful sunny fall day and the church bells are ringing. So beautiful. When I lived in Beacon Hill, I could hear the bells chime every half hour, and when I'd be studying, I'd wait to hear the chimes to figure out what time it was. Today feels like that for me.

I don't know which church this is. But it's beautiful.

I took the plates down and looked at them. Now I'm going to wrap them up for donating.

I also gave to wrap mom's clean dishes in a tea towel to take up to her. I like our little system.

BF said he will come here each day that I am gone and nap for an hour. I wish he'd stay overnight but I'm happy he'll be napping with the kitty. I'm not sure if I'm coming home Monday or Tuesday. I have a bit of flexibility. If I come home Monday, I'd like to work from home that Tuesday but Tuesday isn't one of my days I can work from home. And so I will let it unfold.

So, what are you doing today?!?

Yay for your dinner party tonight, SubC! And you are home safely.

Tillie I'm sorry you are feeling so poorly. I too have been plagued with sick headaches lately. I'm not sure what it all means. I got a bit of a walk in during the afternoon and I just ran errands with BF. It's nit even 7 and I'm ready for a shower and bed. I know that can't be tight.

Bf made me a cup of his delicious coffee around 4 so I should be a bit livelier than I am.