Work Until You Drop Or Until It’s Done?

Had another kitchen mess this morning, nasty batter that fused so badly to the waffle iron grids that I had to soak them for hours.

Got the “tent” around the hydrangea filled with leaves. Replaced and increased the pile on the daffs, some are starting to sprout.

We did laundry, changed sheets and did the transfer station run. Dropped off pumpkin soup at Edgewater.

Minor tweak to MRS, added a flag for online registration.

Water Filters

Yesterday: made chili for lunch, did some cleanup here and brought a truckload to the transfer station. Spent about 20 minutes at the gym and fed the truck at Cumby’s.

Drove Alpha to work and stopped at Shaw’s on the way back.

Kitty was here for a couple of hours.

Ron changed the filters in the water pitchers.

Today: walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes while Ron checked out the fitness center. Brought home a sandwich from Panera with the balance of the gift card from Cindy. I made pumpkin soup and created a mess on the counter in the process. Good excuse to deep clean.

Ron and I set up a burlap barrier around the purple hydrangea. I finished removing gone-bys from the back.

Some Should-Have-Dones Got Done

Because of the surgery, I’ve been behind the power curve on yard work at Edgewater.

In fact, I haven’t given Edgewater maintenance much thought, but it was so warm today – in the fifties – that it seemed a shame to waste a perfectly good work day.

Peter asked me to drive James home at 2:30, so I stayed for about an hour afterwards, cutting down the big grasses and a few odds and ends in the back yard garden.

It went fast and pretty much filled the truck.  I’ll do a transfer station run tomorrow and try to finish up there and do some minor raking here before the next freeze or snowfall.

Ron, having been occupied until last week with his * $10/hour job, needs to go back to finish cleaning the gutters and downspouts.  He talked with a UI representative today.

Panera has been treating me to a bagel a day – for the whole month of January!

We’ve been eating all month courtesy of Panera and the Pantries.  It makes a big difference.  I am grateful for their help, especially since I found out only today that I owe the Wound Center over $230.

Finally Productive

Took a while, but Ron was able to file his unemployment claim and (we hope) get his name corrected.

We did a late transfer station run and hit the bank, the senior center and Panera on the way home.

I built the database the other day and was able to complete an MRS transaction all the way through.

First Snow

Big storm today, but Robert didn’t have work and Peter drove Alpha.  We are getting hammered: 8 inches or more.

We got a fair amount yesterday morning, but I was still able to drive Alpha to her training session in Falmouth at 10.

She worked until about 2:15 without a lunch break. Fortunately, I’d loaded her up with coffee and a bagel beforehand.

Ron plowed the driveway and walkway and lent the snow blower to Eric.  We put roofing paper and a tarp on the shed floor to keep it dry.  Never occurred to me to paint it, but I’ll need to do that at some point.  Shoveled most of the deck.

I registered at the Falmouth Service Center and brought home groceries.  Had their spaghetti squash and sauce for supper; it was good.  Very nice assortment of vegetables, salad and antipasto; rice; even milk and cheddar cheese!

The pantries did well by us again tonight: chicken thigh soup with kale, onions, spicy chicken sausage and carrots.  I finished the spaghetti squash and salad from yesterday for lunch.

Snow To Come?

We are ready for the first serious snowfall of the year, 5-8 inches day after tomorrow.

We’re supposed to get 1-3 tonight and tomorrow.  I’m on tap to drive Alpha to Falmouth for training.  Drove James home from school today after his extracurricular.

Ron “found” money in his checking account, his reimbursement for medical expenses last year.  We are still waiting for our accounts to be set up for 2017.

A gentleman at the Williams Sonoma call center saved us $25 today, correcting my return of wrong order bobble.

The Whaling Museum’s annual Moby Dick reading is happening this weekend and will be available on Livestream.   Participants are getting chowder.  Should be nice.