DRAWER FIXED

Last week my handyman fixed my two most used drawers in the kitchen.  They are the drawers that have the silverware and the most used kitchen items (like measuring spoons, can opener, etc.)  The handyman fixed the drawer by putting oil on the on rail holding the drawer in place.  The drawers are the original in the house (from 1920).  The handyman put oil on the center rail and that was it.

The first time I pulled open the drawer it almost ended up with the contents on the flower.  It has gotten easier to open the drawer.

Until tomorrow...

WALKING MORE

I am trying to walk more.  I realize that I walk the dogs but Happi likes to go for more of a sniff than a walk.  I don't really get much of a workout.  It is walk three steps, stop, wait, walk five steps, stop, wait. Even Lucky gets impatient sometimes.

I have been taking the bus instead of walking lately because it has been raining.  Now that is nicer, I need to walk more when I go out.  I live on a steep hill and it is a good workout.  I get very out of breathe if I keep up a good pace. I need to get up the hill and not be out of breathe.  I just can't take the dogs.

Until tomorrow...

IT ALL HURTS

I am having difficult mornings.  My hips hurt, my hands hurt, my ankles hurt, my elbows hurt, my shoulders hurt, my knees hurt.  My jaw even hurts.  Sometimes I think my hair hurts but maybe I am dreaming that.  My stomach doesn't hurt so there is a bright spot.

I am sure it will subside soon.  Flares always do.  The trick is to ride them out.

Until tomorrow...

BATHROOM CLOSET ORGANIZED

I reorganized my bathroom closet.  Last week my handyman put a new shelf in the closet.  I decided that I wanted to put things on a different shelf.  Move the towels to another (more accessible) shelf.  Put all the medical supplies on one shelf and the non-medical stuff (bath stuff, soap, toothpaste, etc.) on another shelf.  I moved my sheets to another more accessible shelf.  I am really happy with the outcome.  Everything is more organized and accessible.

It will be easier to reach for the items I need more often.  I will no longer have to get up on my tippy toes to reach the sheets.  It is much easier for me when I am sore and swollen.

These things make me so happy.

Until tomorrow...

SLOW COOKER SOUP

I made the slow cooker soup today.  I ran out this morning and bought lentils.  Thanks to my brother and his lentil knowledge.

I made Lentil, Chard and Potato Soup.  It is really hearty and tasty.  It was really easy to make.  I will have dinner for a few days.  I love to make slow cooker soups.  No stirring, no checking.  Just put it in and let it go.

Until tomorrow...

SLOW COOKER SOUP DELAYED

I got all ready to make a slow cooker soup today and after shopping for all the ingredients, I realized that I didn't have the necessary lentils.  Since the soup had to cook for 8 hours, I was not going to make the soup today.  Sigh.

Until tomorrow...

DOG WALKER AND FRAMES

Me and the pups met with a dog walker/sitter. She is very nice.  She was worried about my dogs and her dog.  I already know that they will be fine since Happi and Lucky have been fine with other dogs.

Well they loved her.  This is all good news.

I spent the afternoon shopping for eye glass frames.  My friend M went with me from store to store trying on frames.  I must have tried on 50 frames.  I found a few that I liked but none that I love.  I feel that I need to love a pair of eye glass frames that I am going to wear every day for the next X number of years.  Years ago I had someone convince me that a pair of frames looked good on me and I bought them.  I have probably worn them for a total of one week in all these years.  Mostly when my other glasses broke.

So the search continues. 

Until tomorrow...

NEW FRAMES

I have been thinking for a long time about getting new frames because I need to be able to see when I read a book.  I can see to read a book if I take off my current glasses.  So all day long I take on and off my glasses to get work done.  At first it was okay then it was annoying now it is inefficient.

I just hate changing my frames.  My current frames are old and can't take the transition lens.

What kinds of frames will I get?  I can't wait to see.

Until tomorrow...

HINGES THAT MATCH

The handyman came today and banged out a bunch of things.  He finished two shelves and installed them.  He made the hole in my cabinet so my TV cords no longer are in the front.  I can now close my cabinet doors.  After 7 years the brass hinges on my cabinets in the kitchen have been replaced with the brushed silver that match the rest of the kitchen.  They look so nice.

He finished painting my door.  It was a great day.  The house is looking great.  If it would only stop raining long enough he could fix the outside stuff.

While he was doing his work, I cleaned out the water cooler that the ants were under.  I had laid it down to clean the bottom and I guess something kicked up some junk and I had to clean the whole thing out.  I took all the parts apart and cleaned them all.  No ants had gotten in the inside or even on the outside that I could tell.  It just got junky inside when I laid it down.  I am sure the compressor had to settle down once I sat it upright.  It took about one hour but now the water is clear and cold again.

Until tomorrow...

ANTS

Okay, if you get grossed out by things, stop reading now.


When I was a kid I watched this made for TV movie about people stuck on an island that was overrun by a colony of ants.   It is called Empire of the Ants. The ants killed almost everyone but the people who survived had to set the island on fire and jump in water with straws to breath through.  This movie scarred me for life.

I am not afraid of most things.  Ask anyone who knows me.  I am the one who kills (or saves) the spiders, bugs.  I have been the one who picks up the dead animals (mice, rats, etc.) and disposes of them.  I watch CSI and medical shows while I eat.  I am the person you want when you are in a hospital because I don't get queasy over this stuff.  In college I was the one holding back girls hair in the bathroom.  You get the drift.  I don't fluster easily.

Except for ants.  I hate ants.  They creep me out.  They give me nightmares.  That darn movie!   Over the past few days I have been seeing ants.  I don't like using DEET to kill things because of the bad things in it.  But ants will bring out the animal in me.  I could not be a Buddhist.

I saw a few ants.  I used the spray.  Then I saw a few more and I tried vinegar and water.  Then today I saw more ants by my water cooler.  A lot more.  I moved the water cooler and almost threw up.  I grabbed that DEET and sprayed like a mad woman.

There was thousands of ants and millions of eggs.  Oh my gosh it was gross.  I just sprayed until the can was empty and then I grabbed another can.  Ugh.  Then I had to clean it all up.  That was the worst.  I was worried that I had not killed it all so I put all the dead ants and eggs in a sealed plastic ziplock and that in a plastic bag.  Then I took a shower.  I felt like I had ants all over me.

It was so awful.  Just writing this creeps me out.

Until tomorrow...