Monthly Archives: September 2020

The week ahead

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This week is fairly open but there are a few things that need doing.

* I need to go to UPS and drop off a damaged book I received from Amazon.

*Then I need to go to USPS and mail a gift off to my sister in Conn.

* I’m planning on getting my Flu shot also this week. Not sure what day but when the mood strikes.

  • Still not figuring out how to keep the font while another tool is being used.??? Well, my tech savvy daughter said there doesn’t appear to have functionality for that meaning using lists and enlarging fonts. I may just email them and ask about it.
  • B will go to Home Depot and get the wood and contractors glue stuff. I probably won’t go but he can do it after his labs or some.thing.
  • The heat is supposed to abate by Wednesday. Let’s hope so. I really miss seeing blue skies:(

So, I changed the font on this and is way too big. go figure.

Tonight I making another Cobb salad because it’s so hot outside. I already made the chicken and bacon in the oven this morning so I just need to make a dressing.

Simple Sunday

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I’ve learned a few things about the new WordPress editor. So, first off the font size needs to be set each time I start a new paragraph or block as it’s called. OK, got that.

Figured out the aligning. I like to align in the center although it doesnt always happen.

Today is the kitchen zone and I just finished up. I still need to do floors probably tomorrow.

I have some no knead bread going but I didn’t wait yesterday to test the sourdough( dropping a spoonful in water and if it floats it’s ready). So it hasn’t really done a great rise but I’m this far into it so I’ll bake it up and see how it turns out.

The other night we watched The muppet Movie and it was really fun and such a great cast. Then last night we watched the newer one from ? the 90’s not sure when it was done but it also was really a fun movie.

We have decided to pull up ALL the pine boards in my room( office) converted porch???

B in his tie dye shirt vacuuming up the mess. he’s one of the few people with his skin tone that can wear tie dyes well.

In this one you can see the stairs and how the pine looks. The stairs are way more complicated as this was all concrete and he had to measure and cut and then put down the pieces. The tile is now up too.

Today is supposed to be the hottest day but I’m very concerned about fire danger. There are red flag warning in all of California and it’s a very scary situation. Hopefully by Wednesday were back done to normal 90’s.

I’m planning on scrambled tofu for dinner as I need to use it up. I’ll add some peppers and maybe garden tomatoes.

Here’s one of my new Bombas T shirts. I am very happy with them and they really wear nicely. I checked and they are 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton. I absolutely feel they are worth the $30? I think with the coupon it was less. But the coupon was only for a first time buyer.

Well, off to get that bread going!

WordPress changes

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So, WordPress has changed the editor settings and it is a challenge. I like things to be constant and not change too much. I did email them and they kindly addressed the issue of going back to a different format but I think I will forge ahead and learn this one.

Doing new stuff is good for the brain cells!! Ok, tried underline and that seemed to work.

  • So I’m playing around with this.
    • I tried to do these bullet points and that seems easy enough. But when I tried to enlarge the type it would let me do both. I’ll have to check on that.

So here’s a picture of the hydrangeas, which by the way, are now going on 9 days old so the boiling water really did work.

So I can enlarge the print but not add the bullet points at the same time???

Everytime I go to a new line I need to reclick the font size?

So other wordpress users, how is it going? Are you confused as well?

I’ll probably have my son help me navigate this later today.

We did have have a lovely walk and only had the one other lady who has been more regular. Not sure why she’s there so early alone but heck, we’re there. Then the jerk, showed up zooming in at 6 am. I’m glad we were leaving.

Friday things

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It’s been a busy morning already and it’s coming up close to 12noon.

  1. I made another batch of tomato sauce for the freezer so that just needs to cool.

2. I grilled some chicken to make a chicken salad either later or for tomorrow. I also have 2 containers of tofu that need to be used so I may make a tofu curry to have over rice.

3. We walked @ 5:30 and the moon way up and it was really nice. Although jerk, the dog walker, is getting there VERY early for some unknown reason and not using a flashlight so we can’t really see where he is…UGH.. I wish he would move away or something.

4. I made pizza dough for dinner, so that’s in the refrigerator doing a cold rise.

5. I did 13 minutes on the treadmill. I’m trying not to do too much at a time and will build up to 20 minutes and then 25, and eventually 30 minutes of walking.

6. B has pulled up some of the pine boards in my office space/ extra space and it looks like doing just a partial job is not going to cut it. It would look too patched so he’s going to pull them all up and we’ll put new 1×12 pine boards down and then varathane. This is Labor day weekend so no going to Home Depot till next week.

7. We are in for some brutal hot weather over the next 4 days. Temperatures are supposed to be in the 100’s. Not something anyone likes. But at least we have the coolers still in.

September

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I think September is my favorite month. Fall is in the air, even though here in California it still gets quite hot. But the mornings are cooler and the evenings cool down quickly.  The light is changing and the angle of the sun is different.  Of course, it’s my birthday month too.

The garden is winding down and soon we will plant( oh, wait that’s my daughter who will) fall vegetables. I think I saw she had started broccoli and cabbage. We are definitely watering less so hopefully, the water bill goes down. It’s at its highest in August at $150.  Our water is from the Meadow Vista Water agency so our monthly bill never goes below $70 as there are tons of fees.

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These are the hydrangeas I got from Costco. Such a great price for this bunch $9.99. So I read the trick to keeping them from wilting which hydrangeas are known for doing, you pour boiling water over the cut on the bottom. I was skeptical but it really did work!

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These are 3 days old and still, look good.

Today we are driving the ‘old ‘van into town to drop the Goodwill stuff off. They are only taking donations from 10 am -3pm. Last time I was in line for about 30 minutes. We have a digital piano to drop off so B will come and help with that. The workers there won’t help unload due to COVID rules.

Last night we had homemade fettuccine alfredo with some shrimp on the side. It is a very easy dinner as the alfredo sauce is heavy cream and parmesan and freshly ground pepper. Quite fattening and yummy. ahem…

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Here’s the cook!!BE76F584-9E09-48BE-9E6F-7DB9E609D15B

It looks like I put in the same picture twice, I can’t tell.???:)

Tonight I think we’re going to be adventuresome and get tacos out at Taco Tree. We’ll see if it happens. Often by 4 pm I just decide to make my own.

I ordered some new t-shirts from Bombas.  They are quite nice and a Pima cotton so quite soft. Usually, I’m an Old Navy T-shirt person but I wanted a better quality t-shirt this time.  It was a 3 pack for $97 and then I got 20% off so reasonable. I’ll just have to see if the way I wear t-shirts out whether the extra expense will be worth it. One very cool thing is Bombas is a socially conscious company and for every item bought one is donated to a shelter or other group that helps those in need. So, I really like that and wanted to support it.

Being off Facebook has been really easy for me. I’m not sure why but I’ve only gone a few times to check on what a neighbor had posted and then my sister’s daughter. Maybe I was just done with it.

Now I am still reading the Washington post which I have a subscription to. I’m okay with that although the Trump stuff ie: White supremacy, is sometimes more than I can handle.  It’s just shared to figure how or why they think that way. And seeing those tRump trucks with American flags and tRump flags really burns me up. What’s that about? Do they think we ( liberal Democrats) don’t respect the flag? Honestly, I just don’t get it. And with him heading to Wisconsin where he’s only going to create more problems is ridiculous.  He wants to incite the violence.

Well, on that cheery note, I’m off to get ready.