Author: Peg

There is some sort of morality play type lesson here.  The sun comes up every day no matter what, even if we can’t see it. I guess that’s what the lesson is.

This week is the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movies. Doesn’t that make you feel old? Will have to watch Dr. No this week.

Since this is Carlton’s volunteer afternoon, I have been using Mountain Lion’s voice recognition to do this posting. It works remarkably well. I wouldn’t want to play with it whenever people are around, they would think I was crazy, talking to my computer in complete sentences.  The downside is you have to be connected to the Internet for it to work. All you have to do is enable dictation in system preferences, then it hit function twice and start talking. If you haven’t played around with dictation or speech recognition in a while, give it a try. It really works. And – it can spell a hell of a lot better than I can!

 

Lovely sunrise today. This was taken about 10 minutes before the sun came up.

No clouds this morning. So, a rather ordinary sunrise.

Housekeeping demon today. Nope, actually – kitchen cleaning demon. The kitchen is now too clean to use! The only thing that I didn’t clean is the inside of the fridge. The kitchen was so clean that I wouldn’t even make sandwiches for lunch. Went down to the deli and bought a sandwich. That is sick. After lunch, I cleaned all the drawers and cupboards. Guess I’ll have to get it “dirty” come dinner time.

And, the Computer Goddess sent her blessing today. My beloved old bluetooth MS mousy works with Airness2.

Four weeks from today we head to Kona. Depending on our room – maybe I can do another sunrise series.

Yesterday, sunrise was all about mist and shades of gray. Today it is all fire and drama.

We are going to be eating “low on the hog” this week. Lentil soup, eggs, pasta and veggies. I was shocked by the price of kosher chickens and line caught salmon this morning. So, this week’s menu was modified. Kosher chicken was replaced by a dozen eggs and the salmon morphed into two cans of tuna. (Line caught tuna and range free eggs – we still have our standards.)

Only worked 1/2 day today – so I am feeling less tired today.

Wondering why I am feeling a little poor these days. Finally figured it out. My oldest CD’s (Of the banking type) have all expired and I am only getting about 1/3 the income that I was before the crash. And, guess what? My expenses did not go down by 2/3. Welcome to the golden years.

Another sign of advancing years – Carlton scheduled two doctor appointments today. And, we no longer have a family physician. Young Dr Dave is moving to Boston to teach at Harvard. So, we have to find another Medicare friendly doctor.

Old age is not for wimps.

On a positive note: I rather like today’s sunrise.

Feeling sort of old and tired today. This happens when one gets old. And tired.

Sunrise was pretty gray today. But, it finally made an appearance.

Worked from 8 to 4:30 today at the volunteer job. That is more than enough working and computing for me for one day. Work the entire day tomorrow too.

Chores today. Wanted to find the floor of my closet. Took stuff down to Goodwill. Got a dentist appointment for December in Kona… Tried to get a flat rate box from the Post Office. Failed. They didn’t have the size I wanted. Wonder why the Post Office is losing money? Exercised my franchise. Didn’t want to be suddenly taken Republican.

Going to be very mature this evening – going to watch Ironman movies.

A wipeout today. No bird plane or superman in the sunrise shot. Zero points. And just to rub it in, as I am getting ready to leave for work – the starlings land on the porch.

Yesterday, I made a 1950’s dinner. Pot roast, mashed potatoes, peas – couldn’t manage canned peas which is what would have been on the menu in the Durham house – the Bethany-Combs house enjoyed sugar snap peas. Carlton really enjoyed the 1950’s dinner. Maybe, I should find a “TV Dinner” – now that would be a real 1950’s dining experience.

Chrispy cool fall day today.

Sad little day. The week old panda at the zoo died. In this crazy world that doesn’t amount to much. But, the world is still the poorer for want of a baby panda. RIP baby panda.

Another day of less than marvelous sunrise. And, on the weekends, there are fewer planes. This is the only one with a plane. So, today’s photo is rather bleak and dull. And not Photoshopped.

In 5 weeks we’ll be heading to Kona. Today, in addition to breakfast and a lavish lunch – I had a scone and an ice cream sandwich. Can anyone say “Fit into wetsuit”?

 

This morning’s sunrise was sort of ordinary.

The process of going outside and waiting for the sun to come out with only my camera and coffee for company have proven to be a very nice way to start the day.