Surprised (but yet not!) to look out the morning window and see frost everywhere again. It must have been around 5 when I got up to turn the heat on and transfer to the recliner to finish my sleep. I sleep open mouthed 'cause I get so stuffed up and my mouth feels like cotton. My lips are so cracked and dry, it's a wonder I can even open my mouth. Not a pretty sight which is why I never look in the mirror too soon upon awakening. I've been trying to train myself to not let my mind wander over the next days' activities when I go to bed at night because I invariably wake myself up to a point where I can't go to sleep. Even though I was exhausted once I crawled under the covers. It's a hard habit to break. Last night I started thinking about the boxes in a certain closet that I really need to sort through and dispose of things I've kept for unknown reasons.
I got up this morning and immediately turned on my new favorite radio station on the roku. Not really a station; just a place to click on. I found it yesterday under "oldies". Scrolled to the 50's and was delighted for hours with no repeat songs from my teenage years. A ton of them! Right now, for example, Jack Scott is singing 'My true love.' Only certain people will be familiar with that song.
I'm on coffee cup #2 and just killed off a couple of bran muffins I made earlier in the week. Since I'm not planning on going anywhere, I just might stay in my pajamas today. Or not. Sometimes I think that idea appeals to be but then I change my mind. We'll see. Tomorrow I have a consultation with a surgeon to see if she thinks I need my gall bladder removed. I'm not really in pain (at least not in that area) so we'll see what the ultrasound showed. Got my mammogram earlier this week and it came back okay so I'm good for another year.
Yesterday I decided it was time to get back into sewing. I set up a card table near the machine to give me a little more work space. I'm planning on making this wall hanging of three button jars. You sew buttons on the outside of the jars once the borders and such are all done. The borders are kind of cool looking too. Had to sew nine different fabrics together and cut in strips. I'll probably manage to mess it up but that's usually because I think the directions are too hard so I do it my way. Ha!
I decided to break down and get a haircut a couple days ago. It's super short but I wanted it that way so it's easier to wear my wig and not have gray hairs sticking out underneath. I've got a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle set up in the corner of the kitchen to occupy myself when I'm in the mood. Borrowed it from Jenni. Her and Wayne have gotten interested in working puzzles together.
I carried three boxes from that back bedroom closet to the kitchen area as it's easier to lay everything out on the table to sort through and decide what is getting tossed and what is getting saved. I have a large folder, for example, of letters my mother wrote me through the decades. I'm not real sure why I'm even keeping them because I transcribed them all and they're saved on my hard drive on my computer. I didn't even care for my mother all that much; perhaps it's because of the history involved. At any rate, I may save some from the 60s and 70s and store them in the genealogy file of her side of the family. That's another project -- getting all my family tree info into separate notebooks. No one is really interested in it except me but I'm betting years after I'm gone, there will be at least one relative who's into genealogy and would love to have the data I've put together. One of the subjects I dwelled on in bed last night was what section of my family tree did I need to work on. That was an easy decision. It would be my great grandmother, Jane Downs. She was married to Lewis Blankenship and one of their sons was my grandpa, Lew Gene, my dad's dad. I always had a hard time finding the right Downs family in Delaware but I have certain clues to go on and I just might begin again. I find I'm in better place emotionally if I have projects I'm working on.
I ordered two books from the place where my granddaughter, Catie works as office manager. (thriftbooks.com) One was suggested by my half sister in NC and the other by a friend on Facebook.
The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse and If I'm dead or missing. I don't really have any business buying books when I've still got several in the house to read. I love to read but reading always puts me to sleep. And I don't read in bed the way I used to. I read in my recliner. Maybe I should start reading in bed again. It might help me drop off to sleep better than I have been. I'm reading Michelle Obama's autobiography right now and it's written especially well. Another I saw on Facebook that I want to buy is Widow Walk but the library doesn't have it and it looks like I'd have to spend $20 to buy it online. Unless I had a kindle. But kindles haven't interested me -- at least not yet. Perhaps because I'm not that familiar with them. I do like having books in the house. I made an effort a few months back when I had to clear out the house for new flooring, to get rid of a lot of my books. I packed them off to the library and probably donated close to a hundred.
Every now and again, I'll rent a movie on Amazon as I never seem to get to a movie house anymore. Too easy to watch from the comfort of your recliner. A couple nights back, I rented Melissa McCarthy's latest 'Can you ever forgive me'. Only cost me $6 and that's cheaper than even going to a matinee at the movie house. Anyhow, it was okay but not her best. Bridesmaid was her best I think. Of the Oscar nominees this year, I'd like to see Green Book and The Favourite. I've seen a lot of the others. Roma was my favorite.
I've been trying to clean up my pictures on my Facebook page. What a job! FB doesn't make it easy either. I have several "albums" that just plain needed to be deleted but to do so, I had to "save" certain photos in each album before deleting and once you delete, you're taken back to the top of the page again and have to scroll and scroll back to where you were. I tried to find an easier way to maneuver around but never discovered it. One of my FB pages (Jefferson County Washington of Yesterday) really needs to be sorted out but I can't figure out an easy way to do that without deleting tons of pictures and downloading again. Something I'm not willing to do as it takes way too long. If Facebook ever makes it easier, I'll try again to sort my various photos by category instead of having everything in one spot. Oh, the things that Virgos do trying to make their life neat and tidy.
I see our governor now thinks he'd make a great president. What an idiot! I remember watching the debates when he was running for governor and I couldn't believe how much the other guy seemed so much better qualified. I was surprised that Inslee won when he was obviously not the better candidate. But it wouldn't be the first time the wrong person won an election. Just look at what we have for a president now. Biggest joke of the century -- only it's not funny. It's sad. I'll be sooooo happy once that ass is out of office.
Well, I guess I'd better get to those boxes in the kitchen. Have to do my Sunday crossword first, though. I never have much luck on Sunday doing the one online but I keep trying. And below is one of the photos I kept out of the selections deleted on Facebook pages..... beautiful view of the lagoon in Port Townsend.
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