tuesday
Something I am doing without presently (besides a pair of glasses that stay on my face) is my laptop. The battery is no good and won't let me turn the laptop on anymore. It gave me plenty of warnings about needing a new battery so I wasn't surprised when it finally gave out for good. The new battery should arrive tomorrow. In the meantime I am using Dave's desktop. Trying to fit in time here when he's not around.
Also my car quit working. Nancy and I were going to lunch on Thursday when it stranded us on the lane to Dawndi's Restaurant. Luckily it happened on a driveway and we didn't have highway traffic to deal with. I called Dave and he checked it over and thought it needed to be taken to the garage. So no car for a while. I drove Jules to work this morning using Dave's truck. Usually when I drive the truck (cause I am short) I have to move the seat up so far that the man-sized people I am driving have their knees pressed up on the dashboard but this morning I thought to take a pillow along for my back. Problem solved.
A cat (probably Milo) has been peeing in our bedroom! Because the cats are afraid to go past Andy in the living room they shut themselves up in our bedroom and my studio room at the end of the hallway. Usually they are willing to wait till Andy goes outside or is in his crate so they can make a run for the basement to their litter boxes but I guess someone is deciding that they can't wait that long. I'm going in town later today and get a covered litter box for the bathroom. I really did not want to do that - I don't like the idea of having a smelly litter box upstairs but I don't know what else to do - they are peeing upstairs anyway.
I re-glued the mosaic pieces that had fallen out and grouted them in last night. I decided to go ahead and paint the grout with metallic paints. Even though I did like the look of the black grout it got lighter and duller as it dried. Painting it will be my main job for today.
Last night Dave and I watched a documentary about Joni Mitchell ("Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind"). Made us want to hear more of her albums. I already have "Blue" and "Court and Spark" but I found 5 more CDs that I want to get. I used to have them back in the day but those LPs are long gone. Both Dave and I love Joni. It is so nice to find music that we both like to listen to.
Yesterday as Candy and I were leaving for our bike ride a flock of starlings was flying over - thousands I would say - they just kept coming over the horizon and going over the far hill after going over our head. It was so neat. And then last night at dusk we could hear some kind of twittering bird in the spruce trees behind the house - sounded like thousands of them again. More signs that autumn is here!
Also my car quit working. Nancy and I were going to lunch on Thursday when it stranded us on the lane to Dawndi's Restaurant. Luckily it happened on a driveway and we didn't have highway traffic to deal with. I called Dave and he checked it over and thought it needed to be taken to the garage. So no car for a while. I drove Jules to work this morning using Dave's truck. Usually when I drive the truck (cause I am short) I have to move the seat up so far that the man-sized people I am driving have their knees pressed up on the dashboard but this morning I thought to take a pillow along for my back. Problem solved.
A cat (probably Milo) has been peeing in our bedroom! Because the cats are afraid to go past Andy in the living room they shut themselves up in our bedroom and my studio room at the end of the hallway. Usually they are willing to wait till Andy goes outside or is in his crate so they can make a run for the basement to their litter boxes but I guess someone is deciding that they can't wait that long. I'm going in town later today and get a covered litter box for the bathroom. I really did not want to do that - I don't like the idea of having a smelly litter box upstairs but I don't know what else to do - they are peeing upstairs anyway.
I re-glued the mosaic pieces that had fallen out and grouted them in last night. I decided to go ahead and paint the grout with metallic paints. Even though I did like the look of the black grout it got lighter and duller as it dried. Painting it will be my main job for today.
Last night Dave and I watched a documentary about Joni Mitchell ("Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind"). Made us want to hear more of her albums. I already have "Blue" and "Court and Spark" but I found 5 more CDs that I want to get. I used to have them back in the day but those LPs are long gone. Both Dave and I love Joni. It is so nice to find music that we both like to listen to.
Yesterday as Candy and I were leaving for our bike ride a flock of starlings was flying over - thousands I would say - they just kept coming over the horizon and going over the far hill after going over our head. It was so neat. And then last night at dusk we could hear some kind of twittering bird in the spruce trees behind the house - sounded like thousands of them again. More signs that autumn is here!