life in the old lane

It was chilly this morning at sunrise – but the sun put on a great show.

Standing at the bus stop this morning – all bundled up in my fattest sweater – I wonder where is the bus? Taking the day off in honor of Christopher Columbus. That is where the 52 bus is.

So, off I trudge on my little old lady feet to the hospital – the goddess rewards me with a fox sighting. While cutting thru the neighborhood – a big fluffy red fox darts across the street just in front of me. Mr Fox is enjoying the fine fall weather in his full length fur coat.

No reason to go outside and take photographs today. Only reason I did was because I am on this Sunrise Quest. The sun was a complete no show today.

Three weeks from today we leave for Kona. I haven’t been able to get Carlton interested (not a surprise) but on December 24,25 and 26 one can go from Kona to Sydney Australia for less then $350 … Because he isn’t the picture of robust health at this instant I have been being as nice as it is possible for me to be – but the man may find himself left Home Alone for the winter holidays.

But, I did order him his very own Kindle this afternoon. I hope it has some sort of Parental Controls so he’ll not be able to accidentally buy stuff.

 

Carlton’s ear stopped oozing blood. He has been going around un-bandaged. Looks like a dog tried to chew his ear off.

I spent about an hour studying Medicare/Gap/Part D options. Trust me on this youngsters – it isn’t easy figuring out what to choose.

First time in a while when I got the Monument, Plane (Bird or Superman), and Sunrise.

 

This is Carlton’s Ear – about 30 hours after his “procedure”. It is still oozing blood. No way I’ll be able to wrap it back up good enough to keep from getting blood all over the sheets. It was a heck of a lot cuter with the surgeon’s square gauze ear muff.

Sun came back for a cameo appearance this morning.

 

Carlton had a big chunk taken out of his ear this morning. He was at the doctor so long I called to find out if he was still alive. He has a cute square band-aid over his ear. I guess tomorrow we’ll see how much ear he has left.

And what exactly was Mr Obama doing last night at the debate?

Carlton seems to be feeling better today. That makes me feel better.

One of Carlton’s friends is making his way to the next level. Today this friend gave Carlton a “miniature” version of the Oxford English Dictionary. It weighs at least 12 pounds and comes with its own magnifying glass.

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.