Thursday -- and it's still cold!

Weatherman says it's gonna be cold tomorrow too. Oh yay!  I'm going to look forward to the rain forecast. It can't come quick enough.

I went to bed at 9:30 last night and did my usual -- woke up in the middle of the night and had a tough time going back to sleep.  At 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. I refused to get up and tossed and turned. Finally dropped off but woke up at 4:30 with a horrible calf cramp.  Lordy!  I couldn't even swing my legs over the side of the bed to stand up so I just endured it until it passed. By this time, my body was so stiff and sore, I decided I might as well give it up. Got up and turned on the heat in three rooms, booted up my computer, took a hot shower, made coffee and then sat down at my laptop.

Uh oh...just what I don't need.  It won't start. Got a menu popping up telling me my computer failed to start.  Well, duh!  It suggested I run a test so I jumped through their hoops so they "could find my problem."  They finished and told me there were zero problems (if I was reading it right) but I needed to send this report to someone? 'cause they couldn't fix it.  Meanwhile, as I tried to follow their links to send it to someone? I kept getting a message telling me to give my password.  Then it kept saying that wasn't my password and try again.  I used the F word a few times but that didn't seem to help so I turned off the computer and turned it on again.  And then it was working.  Sigh.... I do hate computers when they take on an attitude.  I figured I'd better switch to my other "regular PC" that a friend of Jenni's gave me 'cause obviously, my laptop is trying to die.

I set it all up (no small feat) and then it didn't like the password I was using. Kept telling me to use the original password 'cause I was offline. What?  I wanted to cry but since I still had my laptop connecting me to the world, I just sat there and yelled the F word instead.  Somehow, that cheers me up.  I sent a Facebook message to Jenni's computer guy (thank God I friended him myself) and now I'm hoping he'll come by or call or something.  Once he gets me fixed, I'll have to learn how to use Windows 10. I was finding it way out of my comfort zone and wasn't able to work on my book (even though Mary helped me download a new version of Word onto it).  I wonder how difficult it would be to take off the Windows 10 and install an older version?  I live on my computer and need to be able to move around.

I left my office and went out to the living room to rearrange furniture. I guess it's a stress reliever for me.  I like it better but then I always say that.  Since I was on a roll by this time, I decided to get two batches of fudge made. Been putting it off for days.  Sure felt good to stick them out in the garage to harden up quicker in the cold.  I'll get them cut up and into individual gift packages later this afternoon.

I finished all my wrapping yesterday and even made Sammy and my sister's dog Christmas blankets out of this red fleece.  I need to get into Port Townsend this week but if I don't make it, then next week for sure.  Just hate going out in the cold.  My knees seem to get worse during the colder weather and I'm moving mighty slow.

I plan on roasting some vegetables for dinner tonight since I've had spaghetti twice and am already sick of it.  I need to look over my cookbooks and find something yummy yet easy to make for Christmas dinner when I have Sue and Paul over. Somewhere between the 27th & 30th. They'll invited their friend, Tucker to come  and I'll have Jenni, Wayne, and the twins too.  At least I hope the teens can make it. They both work and sometimes their hours are later.

I guess we're going to drive to Mary and Andy's on Christmas day since Wayne and Maddie both work on Christmas eve day.  If they got off early enough for us to leave in the afternoon when it was daylight, that would be ideal but we just can't count on that.  And I think they want to have their Christmas morning together anyhow.  I suggested they open gifts and get packed to leave and I could fix a breakfast here that they could come and eat before we take off.  Jenni insisted she didn't want to be rushed but I told her that wasn't realistic. It's Christmas and you have to hustle more.  We'll stay the day at Mary's, spend the night, and then return home Monday afternoon.  I don't have to drive so that relieves a lot of my stress.  Now I just have to hope it doesn't snow or freeze.  I wish Christmas was in the fall.

Brrr....I've got the heat on in here and I'm sitting right by the vent but my legs are still cold. I think I'd better go find my fleece lap blanket.  These old bones just need more warmth.  I saw a hummingbird pecking at a purple wind streamer I have hanging from the eave on the back deck so I decided to pull out a couple more feeders and hang them up there. I have one in the front but it's been frozen more than it's been a feeder even though I pour warm water on it.  Took a little bit of doing to get up on the step stool to hang them but I went slow and managed fine.  And they discovered the feeders right away. Now I can sit in my recliner and watch them.

Looking forward to football tonight. Also intend to watch 'Alone' on the History Channel. At 9 pm.
Way too many commercials but I enjoy sitting there watching these fools survive in the cold.  And that's about all I got for today.  Need to get back to work on my book.