Let’s Get Up to Speed…

My last post was almost 2 months ago. I guess it is time to get back on the job and figure out what I have been doing. In summary, I have:

• Picked up daughter after her spectacular trip to Japan. I have lots of her pictures and will post them in the future. But just to whet your whistle, here’s a sample. (This one’s for you Lorna.)

• Had to prepare (that means clean, declutter) house for appraisal. Daughter helped with that and we got it done! Received a good appraisal and after a few more weeks, I signed the final papers to refinance my house. Now saving $255/month. Do I hear a “woot woot?”
• I ended up getting sick after all that hard work. That dragged on for some time with no help from the smoke in the air due to lots of wildfires to the west of where I live. After feeling good, bad, and then worse, I found out I had strep throat. But that is in the past now.
• Was called to jury duty. I had never been before and it was extremely interesting seeing how the justice system worked. More on that in a future post.
• Lots and lots of work at work, which got put on the back burner due to 6 days of jury duty.
• Cats have been hanging in there and are as spoiled as ever. Now that the weather is finally cooling down, Ellie is even more chummier. She likes to crawl under the covers again. I still have not turned on my heat, but am using my fireplace. It truly is cozy when reading, with cats and warmth.

Ellie and Sunni (and their favorite toys) getting toasty by the fire.

• I have started a new mosaic project and that took a couple of weekends to get going. More in a future post.
• Tons and tons of reading and watching videos of TV series. Am up-to-date with Doc Martin, Downton Abbey, and starting season 4 of West Wing.

So that is my past 2 months in a nutshell. I now have to go to bed and figure out how I am going to create posts on Japan trip, jury duty, cats (of course), my new mosaic project, and all that other stuff that always comes up.

Take care all!

R and R with MM and M

Relaxing and reading with MeiMei and me. Sorry about all the initials but seemed apropos at the time.

The thermometer read 104 F. but it was directly in the sun. I think it was only 85. It was time to get a little color on the legs, so I sat outside reading. Yeah, I was in the shade but that should still be considered soaking up the vitamin D.

Since it was so pleasant, I thought MeiMei might like to join me. She borrowed Sunni’s vest harness and I latched her up. She immediately jumped on the barbecue. (note to self: don’t take her out if I am actually using the barbecue.)

I could tell she was contemplating a leap to the upper deck, so I kept her leash tight. MeiMei and the dog next door glared at each other for 20 minutes before the dog got too hot and left. No words growls were exchanged so I was not clawed to death.

Excuse #27 for not Blogging

It has been almost a month since I last blogged. Not sure what’s been going on, but I’m sure there is a valid excuse somewhere in the past. (Note: Excuses are randomly numbered based on – ummm – nothing)

• 3. Daughter was in town for a visit.
• 6. Had a colonoscopy.
• 13. Drove Daughter back to college. Moved her into an apartment.
• 15. Had company for several days.
• 16. Cleaned house.
• 19. Several power outages.
• 21. Shopping!
• 23. Setting up new TV, cable, Blu-ray player, and sound bar.
• 24. Reading, reading, reading!
• 26. Dealing with emotional trauma.

For this post though, I am invoking excuse #27 – laptop catnap. No rhyme or reason for the excuse number, except I like #27. And who can resist Ellie-chan! And she was so tired, I just couldn’t move her. That’s my excuse and I am sticking with it!

Hoping to provide little anecdotes about the other excuses in future blogs – or not.