day 13...I think

I am still homebound

      Tomorrow will be two weeks since I went shopping in a grocery store.
      I think I may be going crazy.
     The rain last night did not help...it was loud.  The storms today did not help...tornado warnings west of us.
     I never took them very seriously.  I always paced, got worried, fretted, and then went outside to look at the sky.
     Then Emily's and John's house was obliterated by an EF 4 tornado in April about 5 years ago.  Now when I hear the warnings I  go into a slight panic.
      Knowing we were having stormy weather I made sure my phone was charged and I did not have any wine....jus to keep my senses sharp.
     Part of the problem is we can't go downstairs.  Well, I can, but Jackie can't do stairs....so we will shelter in the little bathroom and hope for the best.
     I am still perplexed by the puzzle.  I have a couple areas where I just can't find the piece or pieces to fit.  Driving me bonkers.
     Maybe tomorrow.
Peace and Love and stay home

day12

Where do I begin.....

     Emily, John and Camryn came over for a little while to celebrate Jackie's birthday.  No cake, no snacks, just talking at a well maintained distance.  When they left, I took a sanitizing wipe and cleaned the door handles into the house.
     I felt like a traitor doing that.  Like I thought they were dirty.  I think that's the new norm.
     Jackie was surprised I actually had a card and present...and thank you Emily for getting the present.  Jackie wanted Frozen II, and when I went to the store to get it two weeks ago I got confused because I thought all of them said blu-ray, but they actually say blu ray and all formats. 
     I had a meeting on Zoom today at noon.  Julia said she would Skype at  noon.       No problem, I have a PC and I can use that for my meeting. 
     But I have not loaded mail onto it, and the link was in mail. 
     So I tried loading mail.  It asked for my password, always a danger sign.  I entered it and found out it was invalid.  Tried again.  Same response.  I figured all I had to do was copy the preferences on my desktop.  So I entered the exact same server name.  Typed in the password.  Password not found.
     It was now 11:40....presdure was on.  Jackie started to say something and I yelled "Be quiet"  or something like that.  On her birthday.
     I finally called John.  I described what I was doing and bingo, it worked!  I had done the same thing over and over and it did not work, but when I call for help, it works.  I don't get it.
      I get so frustrated at times.  Technology baffles me.  I can't remember passwords and I don't always write them down or put them in the electronic password folder.  I am terrible.
     Sleep is terrible and tonight wil be worse.  The virus to worry about, storms, my behavior under pressure......all will lead to plent of tossing and turning.
     Then to top it off, I went to use mail on my desktop and now it won't allow me to send anything.  I am so screwed up
     Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Peace and Love

Slow progress today

day 11

No offense, this sucks

     Word filtered out today that the Cubs Cardinals game in London will in all probability be postponed.  Almost certain.
      Linda, Sheri and I already have our plane tickets, game tickets, and hotel reservations in Liverpool.
     When we first talked about going to the game, I said do what you want, I am going to Liverpool and walk Penny Lane, stopping in the barber shop, looking for the fireman, sticking my gum on the wall.  I wanted to go to the Cavern Club, the Casbah club, Strawberry Fields, Paul's house.  We even had a personal tour lined up with Julia's friend Matt and his dad, who are from Loverpool.
     Now?  Pfft.  Who knows.
     This sucks.
     Tomorrow is Jackie's birthday.  We are going to celebrate with no one.  No cake.  No party.  No nothing.
     This sucks.
     I was going to make a cake.  But....we would have to eat all of it.  And my cooking skills are not that great.  For example, we had steaks on the grill last night.  I burned them.  Tuesday night we had macaroni with ground beef and three different cheeses all mixed in.  I burned it.  How?  I put some mozarella cheese and bread crumbs on top and set it under the broiler for a minute but the dog had to go out, she needed something, and ....burnt supper.
     This sucks.
     I have two pieces in the bottom part of my puzzle I can't find.  I am convinced someone comes in the middle of the night and steals pieces.  So tonight I am setting my security alarm.
     This sucks.
     I may have cabin fever.
     Or, I may just be grumpy.
     Which ever, this sucks.
Peace and Love

A thief must have taken these three....I can't find them anywhere.

day 10

I have lost track of days

     When did that box come?  Should I unpack it now?  I sprayed it with Lysol and have not handled it....maybe it is safe to open.
     I raked part of the front yard today.  Seems Corki prefers one section of the yard for her outdoor toilet and a lot of the grass is dead.  So I took advantage of the fairly nice day and raked it then reseeded it with seed I bought a month ago.
     Hope it grows.
     I had a FB friend request from someone.  I declined it.  I often visit the person's page  to see who we have as common friends.  We had one common friend.  But young Megan also had a page for her nude photo gallery....so I left that and quickly deleted the friend request.
     When did I hit the age where a young girl's nude photo gallery wasn't visited?
     Oh well.
     I am not an organized person, and I have a problem focusing on a task.  So putting together a puzzle is a challenge for me.
     I spent a good deal of time yesterday and today looking for a couple of pieces that I knew had to be there only to discover that I already had them, but they were upside down.  Flipped them around and a 4 piece section slipped right into place.
     Go figure.
Peace and Love and stay healthy

Visibility was a little poor this morning.  One weather map put Rochelle at 0.2  miles and I believe them.

day 9

I ventured out today

     I went to a local butcher and picked up some meat.  I called ahead and went in, picked up the order ,and left.  There was no one else but me.  When I got in the car I sanitized my hands.  When I got home I sanitized my hands, then washed them.  Talk about being paranoid!
     You know I am cheap.  I am also a bit careless when it comes to food.
     I bought Jackie some of those cinnamon apple straws.  I think they are a good snack food for people watching their weight....which we are not.
     I had a hankering for something different tasting, so I took them down and opened them.
     Now....I don't remember when I bought them, but it was not recently.  They smelled a little odd, but I figured that was just the snack.  Then I popped a couple in my mouth.......eeeeewwwwww!  Gross.
     I flipped over the package and read the expiration date:  Best if used by September 2018.
     I tossed the bag.   Six hours later I still had the taste in my mouth.
     Was listening to NPR radio coverage and the reporter was talking about an economic slowdown and the shutdown to contain the virus.  He was talking really fast, and very excited about the topic.  At one point he got tongue tied and called it a slutdown!   And economic slutdown ......slowdown + shutdown = slutdown.  I could go with that.
     Corki and I went for our first walk of the spring.  She is smarter that I figured.  When we go in the car and she runs around the cars trying to figure out which one I am taking.  But today she walked right to the garage entry door and waited for me.
     The bad news is she is having trouble getting up on the bed at night.  I told her she needs to wait for me to pick her up and take her down.
     Hope she listens.
Peace and Love

     Not much progress today!

day 8

I finally found my match

     No, not talking about the missing puzzle piece.
     But Mukesh, who is 32 and from India.  I got an e-mail from Russian Cupid that this was one of 8 new matches for me!
     Seems like the Rooskies are interested in messing up more than our elections.  (If you substitue R for L, it is a funny joke,)
     Kenny Rogers died.  The Gambler broke even.  Kenny was 82 and one of the articles I read about him said he stopped touring in 2015 to spend more time with his 10 year old twins.  I am just guessing that a 79 year old man isn't going to do a lot of fun things with kids that age.  My pops was 48 when I was born, and at 58, when I was 10, the last thing he wanted to do was go out and play catch or anything.
     Ever hear of Sid Hartman?  He is a sports columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.  He does three columns a week and also does some radio spots.  Sid is a poplular figure in the Twin Cities and last week celebrated a birthday.  Sid turned 100.  Still writing.  Still working.  Gotta love it.
     I am having a hard time not touching my face.  Other parts of my body suffer a similar fate.
     I did get a little work time in on the puzzle.  There is still a long way to go and evidently several missing pieces!
      And I have a new mystery.  When Corki goes out at night, she sometimes stares at the bushes in front of the house.  Just stares.  Check out the picture.

     The line goes from my house to the neighbor's.  Not deer tracks, because nothing leads to them....just from my bushes to theirs.  Corki must be smelling whatever it is......probably a ground squirrel.  

day 7

I have got to stop surfing

     I did enjoy watching Cubs highlights. It reminded me of how much I miss baseball.
     And I saw a TLC snippet on cheapskates.  This couple saved money by doing lots of extreme things.
     Oh Terry, what did they do that was strange?
     I am glad you asked.
     Showered together.  2 minute showers.  Every 30 seconds they rotated to get under the faucet.  One person put shampoo in their hair and lathered, then the other person took that lather and washed their hair.  He used her shaver to shave after she did her underarms and legs.  Then they sharpened it.  Used the same PIECE of dental floss, shared a toothbrush, kept track of how many flushes each person made so they could figure out how much each person paid for the water bill. 
     They were married, but kept separate bank accounts and split bills.  If they bought a dozen eggs, they split the cost of the eggs and each person got six.  One time she did not check the eggs at the store and 4 were broken, so she only got 2 that week.
     She locks her snacks up because if she didn't, he would eat all of HER snacks.  When she took one out, he asked to share and they each had 1 chip.
     But the corker was when they opted for prepaid funerals because the cost of funerals keeps going up.  The wanted a basic casket, no linens, linings or pillows, and since he probably would die first, they want one casket to bury him in and when she dies they will dig up the casket and put her in it!
     I thought it was a spoof byThe Onion, but I Googled TLC shows and there they were.
     Damn crazy people.
     And it wasn't like they were saving up to take a vacation, or buy a house, or retire.....they were just cheap.
     Sharing dental floss and a toothbrush....just damn disgusting.
     Not a lot of progress on the puzzle today.....I sometimes can't see the forest through the trees.

Peace and Love