Celebrating the new year from the comfort of home 🏠🎉🍾🕛

Badger woke up, took a shower, got ready to go to therapy.
Her phone pinged, and yep, cancelled.
I didn't think they'd work on a holiday-and I consider today a holiday.

Just trying to up my housekeeping game enough that it doesn’t look like a murder happened in here

Heron bought a new-to-him car today, a car.
I don't think that he's ever owned a car; he's a truck man.
I don't know any of the details; he didn't get back until very, very late tonight.

“My faith demands - this is not optional - my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.” ― Jimmy Carter

 

"Nonstop talking, powered by endless cups of coffee. ☕🗣️"

I have nothing.

Do I ever really have anything? 

Badger is out of commission, so we're not even getting our evening walks.
I'm debating taking her to the regular doctor; the only thing stopping me is that she doesn't seem sick.
She just has a nasty cough.

Winter vibes ❄️

I was up early this morning; I usually am.
It was a nothing day.

Badger spent most of the evening steam cleaning the striped couch.
While she was going, she just got the futon really good and then gave the little couch a lick and a promise.

My life is so uneventful, my autobiography would be titled 'Snooze Fest'.

I'm sitting here, I'm attempting to exert enough energy to write.
My main goal is to write down important details so that my brain can remember what happened when.

Oh, weather, why are you so cold?

Cold and windy, that's the word for today.
We got our groceries in, stopped at Taco Bell, and made it home at 1:30 pm.
That did not leave Cowboy very much time to take care of the chickens and eat dinner before having to go to work.

My life is like watching paint dry

I think the time change has messed up my wake-up schedule; I'm awake nearly every day at 6:30 am now.
If you think about it, that would be 7:30 am daylight savings time, though.
I don't always crawl out of my warm bed, especially now that the mornings are getting colder.
I am up before 8 am most mornings, though, which isn't terrible, but some nights I read until 1 am.

"This day is moving at the speed of a snail on vacation." 🐌

Badger still isn't feeling well, so she's in her room.
Cowboy, of course, works; Raven is asleep; he's third shift, so he'll be heading to work after midnight.
Heron is still at E's house.

The laundry is looking at me dirty again…

I got Turtle out to potty with no problems; I had her on a leash.
I took her back inside, and brought Lady outside.
We never put a leash on Lady; Heron has trained her to stay in her own yard very well.
Usually.
We get to the edge of Heron's RV, and all of a sudden, Lady just takes off down the hill like a flash of lightning.

Autumn’s last dance begins with November 💃🍂

I called the exterminator a week or maybe two weeks ago and set up an appointment for today at 10 a.m.
When I called him, he did sound half asleep, and he is easily around Cowboy's age, so late 60s.

Badger and I woke up before the chickens, and we had the house cleared out, the dogs, and cats outside, you know, —everything was ready for the man.

"Sippin’ on something from my favorite coffee shop."

Badger had therapy today, while she was inside, Cowboy and I were in the car.
They do not allow anyone but the patient inside, and you wait in your car until they come to the door to get you.
I'm not sure if that's Covid rules, or for their safety.

You know you're a bad driver when Siri says “In 400 feet stop and let me out”

I was up at 7 am to get ready to go to the doctor, I don't think I got back to sleep until 1:30 am-2 am.
I'm droopy today.
The last medical appoinment-knock on wood-for the year is in the books.
The trip down was scary as crap, but I complain too much about Cowboys reckless driving, I suppose.

Can’t function without my coffee. ☕😵‍💫

Badger woke up rather on the early side to put steak in the crockpot.
She said she wanted one last good meal before her dental work tomorrow-and they told her to eat light this evening, and to fast after 10 pm.
Then she headed on back to bed.

Got Boobs? Get Checked

Well, my mammogram was surprising, but not bad like last year.
They said that I no longer need to do the 3D mammogram and the ultrasound, my breasts are no longer dense.
They said that age and hormones affects the density, and I assume, as we age we become less dense.
I don't know-I'm just glad all is well for another year-and no darn biopsy.

October: nature’s grand finale before winter’s sleep 🍂❄️

Heron made it home today.
He said the area of N his girlfriend lives at did not see any damage.
It's weird how one place may be perfectly fine, but like a mile or two down the road, it looks like a bomb went off.
As far as I know, they are living off the grid, so they don't have running water or electricity normally.
They're probably making it better than ones that are used to having electricity, running water & a working toilet.

“I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I’m not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.”Maggie Smith

A rainy day, a cup of coffee, and a good book… What more do you need in life?

It's been a stormy, rainy, nasty kind of day.

Up until 3 pm, it stormed.

You'd think it had cleared out, and here would come another round of rumbles.

Then it just rained, which I'm not complaining.

Autumn days are here again

“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I’d try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.” — James Earl Jones

Decided to switch it up and scare my couch by not sitting on it all day. Here's proof! 🚗💨

We left this morning at 10:39 am & got back home at 5:39 am-security cameras comes in handy sometimes.

It was a long, tiring day, but I enjoyed it.

I'm not a coffee addict; I'm just very, very committed

Up bright and early for Duffy's appointment.
No problems with him & they didn't fuss about his paws.
We did learn that when it comes to anal glands, some dogs are hard to express & some dogs are super, super easy.

September: Activating autumn mode 🚀🍂🌰

I am exhausted!

Nothing happened of any importance, so let's be as brief as a southern lady can be.

Heron is at his girlfriend's-I want to say he's coming back Wednesday, but that's probably wrong.
He did go to the walk in clinic, they said give me $150 up front & Heron noped it on back out the door
E. checked his throat, there were no white spots, so they're assuming it's not strep.
He works in a bar, he's exposed to a heck of a lot of people, it could be Covid-19, but we're all just going to ignore that, I guess.

"Adieu, endless summer days."

My life is like a box of plain crackers, no surprises and a little stale

I was up at 7 am, but with a clean house, I chose not to do anything this morning
I mostly played on the computer & on my tablet.

I took food out to my stray, turns out he seems to like Temptations better than whatever we feed our cats.
For a stray, he's awfully picky.

The last days of summer are always the sweetest

 It's hard to believe we're into the last week of August.
Where in the world is time going?!

Like fireflies in the night, their childhood dances away.

My outdoor camera kept alarming, starting at like 1 am.
Cowboy was outside washing the car & truck.
Yep.
He didn't get to bed until 2:30 am.
I asked him what the heck did he think he was doing!
I mean, I couldn't go to sleep, I have to keep my phone on in case one of the boys needs me.
I kept the sound off, but it vibrates like crazy.
He said, “Well, this is the only time it's cool enough to wash the cars”
I mean, can you really argue with that?

“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer's last stand.”

I was up at 7:30 am, nothing new there, although I would like to have one morning I sleep until the alarm goes off.

Heron was up at 8:38 am-and surprisingly, Cowboy was up at 9:18 am.
He and Heron got to gossip a bit before Heron went to work, he went to work at 9:30 am.

“Alas, summer sun can’t last forever. The days will grow cooler and shorter, and our skin will once again pale.”

I try to keep up with the blog so that I have some sense of what day it is.
Day in-day out-it's all the same around here.
Time drags by, one day blurs into the next.
Very little changes.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask. Shannen Doherty

Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine. Richard Simmons

 

A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained. Ruth Westheimer

 

“I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicadae lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder.” –Terri Guillemets

I tried not to wake up Heron, who I thought had the day off, but he was awake, anyway.
He did work today, he left at 8:44 am.

I took food out to my little stray, he was waiting on the ramp for me.
I'm glad he made it through the fireworks last night.

Earth’s rumble, our hearts tremble

I am shaking, I absolutely undeniably hate earthquakes!
9:07 pm Badger is in the pool, I'm in the she shed reading, suddenly a rumble starts, loud, and long, and as someone on our town Facebook page said, it was like our normal shakes on crack.
It lasted three times longer than normal, one lady said she didn't think it would ever end.
Badger hopped out of the pool like her britches were on fire, it shook the dang pool.

If July was a story, it would be written in the ink of sunshine and the joy of endless blue skies 📘☀️

I woke up at 7:20 am, but was lazy and laid in bed until 7:46 am, I think I may have actually cat napped a bit.

I got my stray fed, although I didn't see him, came in, took Turtle out to potty-the opposite way.
I didn't want my little stray traumatized by a giant dog.

Today's forecast: 99% chance of me staying in the AC 🌬️🛌

Today was a repeat of yesterday-staying in the a/ c watching a lot of TV, and trying to stay cool.
I am a born and raised Tennessean, I can probably go through this blog, and tell you we've had temperatures this hot-and hotter before.
It just seems that the older I get, the less heat tolerant I am.
I step outside, and it's like eggs frying on the sidewalk, and I nope it back inside.
I used to be such a lizard, I enjoyed being out in the heat-not anymore.

"Plot twist: My appendix was the villain all along. #GoodRiddance"

 

I was up at 6 am, Cowboy and Badger at 6:30 am.

We left the house at 7 am.

Traffic was a nightmare, but the building was easy to find-sort of.

I live a pretty simple life

I was up at 7:30 am, my alarm is actually set for 8 am, but sometimes I beat the alarm.

So that I would not wake up Heron, I turned the kitchen wind machine on, it is so darn loud, it drowns out most sounds.
I use it more for white noise, than I do for cooling.

"At last came the golden month of the wild folk—honey-sweet May

I woke up at 7:47 am to a pitifully mewing cat in my bathtub.

Apparently, Kitten Hank pooped all over herself sometime this morning, so Heron was bathing her.
She is not supposed to be gotten wet-you do not wet the surgical site.
Badger and I cleaned our cats with wet wash cloths.
Holy cow!

Surviving today with a hint of sarcasm and a lot of coffee ☕️🤷‍♀️

I woke up at 7 am to use the bathroom, the house was like an ice box.
I checked the thermostat, emergency heat had kicked on, the house was at 69° with the heat set to 68°
Had I been more awake, that may have registered that something very bad was up, but I was half asleep.
So, I went on back to bed.

Not feeling my best today

This post won't be well-organized and coherent.

Nope.

A bit scattered, but wrote, and posted, anyway.

Sorry, this machine is out of order now

I snorted awake at 5:55 am, and noticed I was alone in the bed.
If you've been married a long time, I guess you get used to having that body warmth with you, you're used to the snorting, and the farting, and the snuffling.
Even subconsciously, deep in slumber land, the absence is noticed.
I think in my case, I was actually warm 'cause Cowboy and I play blanket war every night.