A Very Cold Spring Note- Wednesday, April 24th. Dentist tomorrow.

 Interesting landscape.

It's a bit dark in the house and there is a chill in the air.   Yesterday my eyes were very dry and made reading and even coloring difficult.....TV was boring...so I snacked round the clock.  I hate when that happens and I can't seem to control it....a sort of depressive behavior.

Snap Out of It.

I need to turn on a few lights.  People are still arriving at my neighbor across the street- Staging her House for Sale.  Not actually bringing in furniture-  so it feels ODD.

Was sorting paper and found a letter from 1988 from my husband's long time college roommate.   Years later Doug visited us in Maine...on the day Gary fell thru the roof and into the kitchen of the McDonalds.. he had been climbing up to try and fix something and missed a step on the ladder......after that...we all went out to dinner.  I think Doug might have been on wife three at that time...in the letter he sent to us in Germany he was on wife two.  By now he must be on wife four or five if he is still alive.

I am reading a British book..started it yesterday... This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs.  They meet on a cross Atlantic flight--seated next to each other in first class.  He's a professor at Oxford and she's an old school Rocker.  Pink hair.  Embarrassing episodes on the iPhone.  She was once pretty famous for singing one song with a very impressive Rocker...naked I think..  They are going to sing that song again--together (in London) for the first time since........ so what about the Oxford Professor after that??????

I have certainly selected a variety of strange stuff this past Library Day.  I stand and just look at the variety of books- one has already gone into the return bag after only one page. and there is another book- nagging at me in the recesses of my brain...I can't recall much about it....

Dentist tomorrow and next week for the "see if the stove fits" visit with the Appliance Guys & Miss Joanne.  Rock On.

Spring Notes- 33 degrees this morning...sigh. will Winter ever give up here in Maine????

 We might have had this image before but it's early and I gave up looking at the tiny pics on the right side of the screen.  And...for the first time...not really interested in pancakes......... who am I????

Yes, 33 degrees at the end of April here in Maine.  So very close to freezing.  The furnace is rumbling. Warming up after I moved the numbers from 60 to 64.  Grass looks frosty.

Slow start to the morning.  And I am usually NEVER awake and dressed at 7:30am. I went to bed at 9pm.

I watched an interesting program on PBS. Tell Me More..On Life. You can get the written info  PBS@KellyCorrigan.com.   Four professionals discussing Life and how we changed over the past century. And what we all actually need more of...sleep.  That came at the very end.  The next episode is about Parenting.  Check your local tv listing.

At 77.7, I can say for sure......sleep is what I am needing.  Sleep is possibly what I have needed for most of my Life.  Because...truth here....I am feeling so much better because I am going to bed early and sleeping. Really sleeping.  Just (my least favorite word) sleeping.  And each day, I feel more creative, happier, more relaxed.  It's a good feeling.

The Tree Guys chipped everything that was chip worthy.  The larger  pieces will be "firewood" and will also be taken away.  I am considering having them grind the stumps.  Make the yard look more like a golf course.  The gigantic monster pine next to the neighbor's propane tanks....hasn't been touched as yet.  Saving the best for last.  Two other trees have rope tied to the top....the tree climber will go back up and cut the tree from the top down.   When he comes back.

Two MORE houses on the street are now listed for sale.  A third sold last Spring and a fourth 6 months before that...the one next door with all the noise.  Three of them are the same style house.  Another belongs to my Lunch Buddy and will be listed as soon as she finds a nice place in one of the retirement communities.  No luck so far.  The remainder of homes on the street are one of a kind custom builds.  So sales comps won't applied to the rest of us.  But we'll get a general idea.

And that's how it's rolling here in Maine on a very cold morning.  I went thru husband's coloring stuff. The books will go to the library-- in the magazine recycling rack......where I took his word search books. I found a few mandala drawings I had made for him...pasted one into the art notebook where I do my daily drawing.....I colored one of them... it looks pretty nice. Well, actually, better than nice.  Surprised myself.

Spring Notes- Monday, April 22nd. Woodchipping- reminds me of Fargo.

 Lovely Salad.  I will be having salads this week minus the red stuff- never included in any of the salad green mixes..  Even though it's still pretty chilly in the house- it's sunny outside.  I am still wearing a sweater over a thermal shirt and wool socks--in the house.  If it stays chilly I will be making Soup in one of the Crock Pots.....(no working stove)

I am enjoying my second Gummy Vitamin... Gummies so I don't choke. On my Vitamin.  Once was enough.

The Tree Guys- a different group- is shoving the cut limbs and branches into the chipper...they brought their lunch coolers so I guess they plan to stay awhile.  The Tree Climber has not returned.

On our drive to Town, we see piles of branches on the front edges of properties....I think they are waiting for the wood chipper fairy.  Laughable.

I watched European Soccer yesterday.....learned about off sides.  I also colored in a drawing I had made for husband - one he refused to color....so I pasted it into my book and colored it....very nice.

Yesterday was a difficult day- the day before also....the right side of my neck and shoulder really ached. Son said I had done too much coloring...(???) . I would have used my heating pad but daughter asked for it for her cat....and now it has cat on it...and I am allergic to cats.  And she hasn't returned it..  Tylenol didn't really seem to work very well without heat.  Sigh.  It feels better right now but as the day goes on....it will bother me.

No newspaper today... the paper takes Monday Off.  I have already gotten the recycling out.  Ready for Tuesday Morning Pickup.  I am actually ahead and not behind.......which is very very different.

Son just reminded me the Appliance Store is supposed to call and come look at our "situation" to see if we can fit the new stove in.   They haven't called as yet.  I have already thought about it.  I have a dentist appointment coming up...so they will come that day......for sure...

Spring Notes- Sunday, April 21st-- 53 degrees and Sunshine

 A lovely yard and path to walk.  Long ago, I wanted this yard to look like that.

My neighbor across the street is packing up all her art.  One piece was a dye on fabric painting I did at the height of my interest in that sort of thing.  And she bought it long ago and had it framed.   And now, I bought it back.  And it's here now.  In my house.

I am not going to take it's picture until I figure out how to do it. But you will see it.

We did go out and look at new handles for the kitchen cupboards and we did select a very plain style in flat black. And my Son did one cupboard and we looked and got to know them and decided...yes...and he went and got enough for the rest of the kitchen.   One small injury during the process- his finger.  So 99% a success story.

Can I just say....those new modern handles on the cabinets- have changed the look and feel of my 1986 kitchen....it looks and feels brand new.  Amazing.

And for your Daily Laugh.....we asked daughter if we could borrow her electric frying pan.....to make things (like bacon and grilled cheese) until the appliance people come decide yes or no on the new stove fitting into the space and them being able to install it in the space (lots of moving parts).  

Daughter dropped off an electric frying pan...it was a wedding gift for me in 1968.  I said I wasn't sure I wanted to plug it in- Son said it would "only" blow the breaker if things weren't right....  He has a coupon for pizza so we are going to have Sunday Pizza as usual.

I don't like the word "just" as a modifier but "only" in regards to electricity might be worse.