Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
YEA!!! for your cooler days!
Have fun on your walkabout. 😉
If you would like, I will try to send you a yappy coyote. ;P

This is a good weekend around here to stay home.
The town gets too busy and there is too much traffic on the highway, which runs right through town.
This highway takes you to Las Vegas or Reno and Rachel and area 51, etc...
Also it goes to the place where the Burning Man festival happens/is happening.
Last weekend was our county fair, I didn't go.
Soon there will be the corn maze and pumpkin patch and hay rides out at the farm.
Then the annual lighting of the XMas tree downtown.
There you can ride in a huge wagon drawn by huge draught horses and drink cocoa and eat cookies.
It's all too much excitement!
LOL ;D

Thank you, Tillie. The cat has certainly had a great life and we will keep a special eye on him. He has been adored by thousands.

Coyotes!! I would love to hear a little of the howling. But not a lot!

Overtired. Heading to bed. You are a dear friend to small and large creatures, alike.

We get out of work early tmr then I am meeting a friend for coffee. I'll get a good walk in first. The coffee shop is just over a mile from my office then I'll have another mile, mile and a half back home. Our promised cooler weather is already arriving!

Boy! The coyotes are really bad this year!
It's just now twilight and you can hear dozens of them yapping away not too far from here.
In The morning they all start yapping at sunup.
Then sometimes you hear gun shots.
It's like living in a war zone!
LOL ;D

Hi Tatoulia 🙂

I know how hard these times are.
Always hoping you're making the right decisions, worrying that you're holding on too long, not wanting to move too hastily before it is time.
Yes, I wish that some humans I have loved dearly were given this last kindness.

With Marty I just spent my days & nights seeing that he was happy.
Mixing up special food, holding him because he asked me to.
Two days before it "was time" he sat on me and I fed him minuscule nibbles of cheese.
The last night he laid on my chest as I laid in bed.
Purring and being so affectionate.
You could see at the Vet's office that he was ready to go.
It was the right thing, it was time.

It always hurts to have to say good bye.
We will always hold every one of them in our hearts forever. (((HUG)))

I always wish they would quietly just slip away in their sleep in their own beds.
Only one I ever knew who did that was my Aunt Violet.

YEA! for having an electrician in!
Smart move.
Hope nothing major needs doing.

I am looking forward to squirrelling away Winter supplies.
They will all be new & interesting choices.
Should we be snowed in we will feast!
Some Winters here the temperature has dropped to 35 degrees BELOW zero.
Sometimes there are ice storms and sometimes the snow is up to my hips.

They finally fixed and updated our power lines so the power doesn't go out all the time because that caused broken frozen water lines, lots of damage and deaths.

Wow!!! You did so much today, Tillie!!! Great work on fixing your meals! Those efforts will pay off! Yes I want to see you get your winter supplies. I do not want you trapped with no food.

We picked up Tigger's prescription tonight but I need to speak with the vet first. We still have questions regarding what is right for him. We know we don't have much longer. I assume he'll be gone by Christmas. Our major concern, as it should be, is his quality of life. We need some questions answered re the best course. I know we were given four options (really only three since surgery is not on the table). At time BF spoke with dr they were deciding on options and now we want a little more info to his life/end of life/etc. she will call me tomorrow. Naturally I am very upset as he has been my buddy for many years, at least a year before I started dating BF. I used to visit the kitty on my way home from my parking garage. I know it will be sad but I'm good with it. My last cat was put to sleep st the very same vet's office. That cat I got when I was 17 and my mother will tell you that he was her cat but we all know that's not true. He was merely a tenant in her home.

Naturally I'm sad but honest-to-God it's such a peaceful process that I wouldn't mind being put to sleep someday.

I've taken another step toward my house. We are having an electrician come to see if I have the proper amperage to do my next hair-brained project. He will try to stop by on Monday.

Take care, dear friends. Tillie my cake plate had all the melted buttercream on it. What a hoot!!!

Hi 🙂

Been busy today...
Watered, did 2 loads of laundry, washed my hair
and cooked stuff.
Had some tomatoes I diced up and stored this Summer in the freezer.
Also had diced onion and some hamburger in there.
I made a nice tomato sauce out of it all and also had some leftover macaroni from the salad I'd made before and some corn kernels.
Combined it all together and it made a real nice dish.
I put some away in the freezer for later and have the other half in the fridge for now.
Also had a very small bit of ground sausage in the freezer so I got that out and made up and cooked 6 tiny little sausage patties that are now back in the freezer for later.
Had a big mess in the kitchen but got everything all cleaned up now.
The bananas are not ripe enough yet for the bread but that will be soon.
Now everything in the freezer that needed to be cooked has been cooked and now is easy, fast and ready to eat.
Soon I will be stocking up on Winter food supplies to have in case getting to the store is too dangerous if there is a snow storm.

Good Morning Everybody 🙂

Hi Subclinical 🙂
Never once have I thought anything you've said was being critical.
And I truly do appreciate any and all suggestions made to try and help me. (((HUG)))
I was only able to get to where I am with the living situation by explaining what's going on here to others, listening to their ideas, trying them and seeing how it worked here.
Dorothy Breininger along with most all the other professionals featured on HOARDERS all gave me great advice and wonderful encouragement to get me to where I am today.
Dorothy is the one who got me addicted to these (((HUGS))).
Have a wonderful new adventure driving Miss Dd and her things up to her new home Saturday then reclaiming the newly cleared space. ;D

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
So happy you are staying in and working from home!
LOL I was wondering if that butter cream icing was going to stay in place. ;D
WAY TO GO! for having your home drop-in ready for spur of the moment friends!
That's so wonderful you can now enjoy these little big things like that. (((HUGS)))
Wishing you cooler weather by the weekend.

Today I need to water some flowers & the grass.
It has cooled down enough that I no longer have to water every other day now to keep things alive.
Plus I have stopped watering things I plan to eradicate.
This all makes it a lot easier on me & my time.
Once I have rearranged the keepers it will be even easier to manage. 😀

Tillie I am keeping cool today. Working from home. I see no reason to go in when it's so hot and I have such an intolerance for heat. Hope you stay cool today, too! We are expecting much improved weather tomorrow. Hope it comes true!

Thank you for your nice post, SubC. I especially liked your image of the library. Very useful!

I will get that book. (On my clutter-free kindle). I do know that there was a confluence of events that has made my life so much easier. I shed my brother, which allowed me to put myself first. I paid for the nutritionist counseling sessions, my friend came from overseas and rearranged my apt, I hired the cleaning crew, I made more decisions on keep or let go. I have been so lucky that these things came at one time. Has really pulled me together. I don't have any more of the "well as soon as this is done, I can tackle that". I'm no longer waiting for something to happen to pull my life together.

I confided something very personal with my friend yesterday and I feel terrible to burden her with it but it felt natural to tell her. She was very, very supportive. And she promised me it wouldn't weigh on her.

Party last night was lovely. Absolutely lovely. The cake was so tender, even though all the buttercream slid off in my way over.

I didn't have my glasses with me as I'd worn my sunglasses over. It was dark dark dark so the fourth (the evening was mom, the birthday girl who is also elderly, and another friend from the "outside"). So the other woman walked me home as I couldn't see very well and as we arrived at my scaffolding surrounded house, I said, do you need to use the restroom? A far cry from praying, please don't walk me home, please don't need the restroom.

Look how far you've brought me. Let's keep going.

Sending you all love, patience, calm.

HELLO ANONY!!!

Hi Tillie,

I would never suggest throwing out stuff behind anyone's back. I was just thinking that maybe since you had claimed the kitchen as your space, you could invoke that to get the grossberg out of the freeezer. But it sounds like keeping control of the chest freezer is better and you can't do both.

You manage your living situation really well. I hope you know that I am never being critical of it. You have so many good ideas for us, I just keep hoping "maybe she hasn't thought of this, and it will help her!"

My body is sore today, but it's muscle sore, which is a good thing. My elbow still hurts, but it is better. It has hurt a little bit for weeks. I had to pick up the recycling bins for school yesterday and get dh some ham, and I was thinking about getting an elbow brace while I was out, but it was hurting so much less, I forgot. So I am extra impressed with your list trick!

I wasn't feeling like I should have made the pasta from scratch. I just thought it was funny. I actually made the ravioli because I really like ravioli and in the store it is always stuffed with cheese I can't eat. It was a gift for myself, so fully appreciated - lol.

Tatoulia, you ar doing a great job with your clothes and accessories. Is the party today? Enjoy your cake! Mine is gone. Dh are 3/4 of it, which is good. I just wanted a little.

I'm glad you got to vent about your brother. Did you know that Dorothy Breininger from Hoarders wrote a book about how clearing out your physical and emotional clutter can help you overcome bad eating habits and lose weight? I stopped at the library yesterday and saw it and checked it out. (I checked out 6 books. I love the library. I love books, and the library makes me bring them back instead of keeping them, and it's free! I try to think of it as "the place I store all the books I don't need to have right now."

I did get both guest beds made, and those rooms feel so much more calm. Dd is coming home Saturday, and we are all driving up to her new apartment with her stuff. I will be free to pack whatever she doesn't take into bins in the basement for her to address later (primarily her childhood stuff) and I will get to reclaim a small worktable she has buried.

Today I have my class and I have not set any other goals. I know there are leftovers for dinner.

Hello 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Please stay home inside just as much as you can.
Drink plenty of tea, wait for this weather to pass. (((HUG)))
WTG! for finding so many nice professional business woman type things to donate for a good cause. ;D
I am glad you had the chance to talk to your friend. Getting things all said out loud is very cathartic.

That seems to always be the biggest hurdle to overcome, putting things away.
The drawers & closets & cupboards & cabinets already filled to the max.
No more space for the laundry and clean dishes to go.
So much easier when there is just the right amount of things.
Easy to find, easy to get out and easy to put away. 😀

Yeah, using the deep freeze for myself works, just don't need that much space.
And it being "MY" territory keeps it from becoming another spooky nightmare. ;P
Went into town this morning.
I wanted some cash from the bank just because I like having cash for little purchases.
The bank will be closed next Monday.
Since Burning Man is happening in the desert near here I decided to go to the store since I was already out and the stores are not crowded with Burning Man participants today.
Needed to get some repotting medium for the rose bush I plan to transplant after it goes to sleep for the Winter.
In the Winter months finding outdoor potting mix is almost impossible.
Got some. 🙂
Since I was there anyways I got some other things on my list, even though I forgot to bring my list.
Came home and looked at my list and I managed to get everything that I'd written down!
YEA! me! 😀

Thanks for the nice newsy posts. SubC you certainly do accomplish a lot in a day, but I know the feeling of how much hasn't been done. I agree with Tillie's prioritizing suggestions. And you must rest your elbow!

Tillie that is so awful regarding the freezer. Just make sure that the current compromise still works for you. If I agree, any hate-brained idea to just have the food outside brings a host of new, and worse, problems.

I talked to a friend today and she asked me about brother. I was so shocked to hear his name. I ended up telling her about things and I felt lighter afterward.

I re-learned how to fold and put away laundry on this very message board. I'd forgotten how to fold and put away. Some of that was a direct result of having too much stuff and not enough places to put things. That is becoming less and less and less of a problem. I felt the same way re emptying the dishwasher. Now I realize it takes no time because I've gotten rid of scads of dishes and Tupperware and what I use now fits nicely in my cabinets.

My upper cabinets need a second pass as does study area's closet.

I went through my costume jewelry again to see if I have anything to donate at work. I had two bracelets and two belts. I've decided that the shirt I wore yesterday is the last time I'll wear it. I've only worn it twice. I washed it last night and I will take to the donations at work. I might be able to pair it with a cute skirt and then someone would have an interview outfit or a work wear outfit. I like the top but I don't see myself wearing it again. And it's super cute so time to let someone else love it.

Tillie we are having dangerously hot weather. I'm probably going to work from home again tomorrow.

Will make the buttercream frosting soon. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds for the butter to soften!!

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Hi Subclinical 🙂
Wonderful!
Yes, set yourself up for success early in the day and limit the amount down to something you know you can do.
My To-Do lists are very small and simple so I am not pushing myself beyond my physical boundaries.
Sometimes things on my list are not done because I know if I do them that day I will pay dearly for it later.
Your weeding is really not a priority, your elbow is sore and you should not stress it.
Cleaning stalls is something you had to do but making up guest beds can wait too.
Using premade pasta was a great shortcut because you had already done so much work to make the cheese yourself.
Remember that you are perfect just as you are and don't have to work yourself to death to prove your value to anyone. ((((HUG))))

About the deep freeze and the fridge freezer...
The deep freeze used to be in the garage, Steven had it stuffed full of all sorts of disgusting things.
Frozen uncleaned fish, deer innards covered in loose deer fur, paint trays & rollers & brushes, etc...
Weekly he would buy the reduced, going bad meats at the store, way to much for him to eat and he put it in the deep freeze and fridge freezer.
Then he moved the deep freezer into the tiny pantry.
I needed some place to store my food items so I started forcing him to reduce the stuff from the deep freeze and allowing him only use of the fridge freezer.
That took over a year.
But now he just keeps buying more old meat every week and keeps it in a mini fridge out in the garage and uses most of it during the week.
He is refusing to use up or toss out the fridge freezer meat any more.
He worries about the world running out of cheap old spooky to eat meats some day.
Number one rule for someone dealing with a hoarder is that you can not just toss their stuff behind their back.
I do not need the whole small upright deep freeze for what I have.
The fridge freezer is plenty big enough for my needs.
I would like to sell that deep freeze but know he would just keep it out in the yard and probably would refill it again.
Other than for hoarding, we do not need that freezer.
All his other stuff I decluttered from inside the house went into bags & boxes and was put out into the carport/garage or his bedroom but frozen meat is different and can't just be bagged up and stuck out there because it would rot and cause too many other problems.
I am stuck.

Hi Tatoulia,

I hope your cakes turn out o be fantastic! How can one go wrong with extra chocolate?

I hope you are feeling less sad. Watching our animal friends age is hard.

Tess, just think, you were able to lean up to the point where you could let workers in in TEN MINUTES! That is really good.

Tillie, do you think Stephen would notice if you cleaned out the freezer? Isn't the kitchen supposed to be your space?

I had a really full day yesterday. dh and I had a long talk about me being tired all the time. He doesn't think it's exhaustion in the physical sense, he thinks it is depression and a lot of it is life overwhelming me. I am working on setting myself up for successes early in the day and limiting tasks/goals (for example - yesterday I went out to pick a melon for lunch. The garden was weedy and the squash had some overgrown ones. I reminded myself that the task was "pick a melon" and I had already done my outside work (stalls) for the day. I did let myself pick the 8 biggest squash since that was pretty quick. Two were still small enough to eat and the chickens got the others. I successfully escaped inside with my melon.

Weeding is an option for this morning, but I don't know, my elbow still hurts pretty badly from stalls yesterday. I think I need to get a brace.

Task creep is a real problem for me. Also, I will set too General a task, like "laundry" (when is that done?) so yesterday I set "wash and dry a load of whites" and "put away laundry" (there were 4 clean loads in baskets) when I was putting the laundry away, I realized there were sheets from the two guest beds - which I usually keep made up. Making two beds with a sore elbow is a big deal, but folding and putting away the sheets when I need to put them on the beds....

I put one basket of sheets in each room, added "make beds" to today's list, and checked off "put away laundry". No creep!

I made ice cream in the ice cream maker yesterday, and homemade ravioli (well, semi homemade) - I used premade pasta. But I bottle fed the grandmother of the goat who gave the milk for the cheese I made to use in the filling, so that balances out, right?;)

Today is mostly about lesson plans.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂

YEA! for an easy to use clean & organized kitchen to bake in! ;D
I think your cakes will be tasty, I like to use a little more cocoa powder than directed to in some of my recipes.

While you are thinking about a long time ago
make sure to include all the happy memories you can.
Laugh out loud when recalling those funny times.

Tigger is a very lucky baby to be so loved. (((HUGS)))

Tess! WTG! You survived! I am pleased the gas emergency didn't cause any damage and I'm so pleased you lived thru the workers being there. I AM SO SORRY this happened to you. Yes please relax. I know the embarrassment, Tess, I really do. Sometimes I just tell people I'm depressed since there's nothing anyone can say to that.

Tillie, your self-described diddly squat sounds like quite a bit to me!

I just baked mini bundt cakes for the dinner tomorrow. At the last minute I decided to make them marbled so I put some cocoa powder into the batter. I'm may have put in too much because the batter tasted a bit strong. Oh well. Then I overfilled the pans. All around a bumpy start to baking again BUT I could find everything I needed and everything was washed. I feel successful. I kept cleaning as I went so after I pop those poor overweight cakes from their pans, I'll be able to spray down the counters.

Tough day here. Tigger's test results show that he's a really old cat. I'm pretty upset. BF is upset but keeping it light. Meanwhile my second mother called me and time is making us all so old. And I've been thinking about stuff from a long time ago.

So emotionally I'm fragile.

Hey Ya'll 😉

I managed to do diddly squat today.
Pulled out two hand fulls of weeds.
Looked through the freezer and took mental inventory of what's there and thought about future menus.
The freezer is almost empty. That's my plan, use up everything in there by end of Summer.
Watched the latest episode of "Fear The Walking Dead".
Read some articles online.
Got a rag wet with some water and a little laundry detergent and skootched it around on the floor by the litter boxes with my foot.

I would like to use the freezer on the fridge instead of the deep freezer.
But he has the fridge freezer stuffed full of ancient meats he has long since abandoned in there.
The best date on that stuff is something? from June of 2016.
All the rest is much older. :/

Hello Tess 🙂
I'm so happy the emergency is over with and nothing bad happened. ;D

Hi Friends! Thank GOD I cleaned over the weekend. Today there was a gas emergency and workers had to come in. I was still not pleased, but I survived. I didn't have enough time to panic, which is also a blessing. I took like 10 minutes to speed clean before I let them in. Oh man. I don't think I can do another thing today. I feel like I ran a marathon.

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
That little birthday party sounds like it will be very nice. ;D
I'm excited to bake the banana bread too but have to wait on the bananas to get good & ripe first, whenever that will be.

Lazy day today, 11:00am and I am still sitting here in bed.
Need to do cat related tasks but kitchen & laundry are all caught up.
Nothing needs watering today. YEA! 😀
Have formulated my plan for clearing out and laying down that weed barrier ground cover cloth in my main flower/herb garden.

Just waiting for the zinnias at the far end to finish flowering before I rip them all out and start over there. ;P

Black Forest cake! So delicious! I'm excited about your upcoming baking, Tillie! And tonight or tmr I'm baking mini bunds cakes for a friend of my mom's. There will be four of us at the friend's birthday. I'll bring take-out and the cakes and the other person ?on the outside' will bring fruit salad and a green salad.

Ok time to shower. I'm already late for work.

YEA! for Tigger being a good boy at the doctor today.
Fingers are crossed all the tests come back good with maybe a little medicine to adjust him better. (((HUG Tigger)))
Happy you are enjoying having a clean fridge. ;D
Having a clean and orderly kitchen helps people keep to a more healthy diet.
A lot less just grabbing a snack when you're hungry.
WTG! for cleaning the kitchen drain. 😀

OHHH! Black Forest cake!!! ;P YUMMY!

Thanks for the sugar reducing tip. I definitely will do that.
Yes, the ripe bananas do make the break nice & sweet.
I too get along much better with children than I do with adults.
I believe it's their honesty.
Being overwhelmed does get very tiring. (((HUGS)))
WTG! for tossing the seeds to the chickens.
I had some once, just asked a person growing them to give me a couple of the seeds.

Your husband is very dear, SubC. I like him. Tillie, I'm glad you are making your life more manageable while still keeping it filled with beauty.

Thank you for the nudges on the cabinet?it absolutely is ready to be cleaned. There are things in there that won't fit somewhere else but they are all clean and sorted. There are some things that can go up high. I just haven't done it.

I looked at my fridge and thought it was just so dirty on the inside. There werent more than five things to toss but the shelves were grungy. And I'm so glad they cleaned it today. My whole house is just so clean and lovely. I didn't feel like giving them two big projects. So next time I absolutely will have the cabinet scrubbed. I may actually add a second cabinet to the mix. This was just a matter of deciding the fridge was gross and I'm in it every day and I deserve better. The cabinet has been finished in terms of clearing out and making decisions.

I love these ladies. They work so hard and are so pleasant. Tigger had a bit of a rough time at the vet's and I had to walk outside for a while. I'd rather be hot then listen to the kitty cry. He's fine. They did blood and urine and we will get results tomorrow. He may have a thyroid problem as his gland was swollen (TELL ME ABOUT IT, TIGGER) I was in the same boat eight years ago.

Your story about your husband reminded me of a few years ago when I was upset about something non-work related. And there was a party going on at work and I was getting ready to just leave because I was frustrated with my family's shenanigans. And he said, take off your coat and go back into the party. You know how much the young people like you. So yes, do your best SubC then get the training from your nice to-worker.

Love you all. Garbage and recycling are out. My house is sparkling and with God as my witness, the fridge is just so nice. Oh and there were two baking sodas in there and I've already used one on kitchen drain.

Tatoulia, I am glad you have a clean fridge, but no more putting off the cabinet, ok?

Tillie, depending on how much of a sweet tooth you have, you might even be able to cut the sugar down more - especially with ripe bananas. Maybe just scoop a tablespoon back out of your measuring cup before you add it?

I find I can cut the sugar back on a lot of things, but dh has more of a sweet tooth.

The parents are hardest for me because I like children better than I like adults. It's probably me, not them.

The cake is Black Forest and dh already ate half of it! I'm going to have a slice later.

Also, we had a long talk about me being tired and he said he thinks i'm Not tired, i'm Overwhelmed. I cried. He made me say out loud something that I was not going to do. I picked the online training for the new class information management ap at school. He said "ok. just start using it. Then when it doesn't work, go down to the tech guy and have him walk you through it. You like him."

Then he asked what I wanted to do and I said create order in my environment. So he made dinner (used up the tomatoes) while I did dishes, started laundry, put the rest of last week's lettuce in the compost and tossed the big tub of luffa seeds i've been saving for two years to the chickens. Then I put the packaging from the lettuce in the tub and I will throw it away when I go to the grocery store. Letting go of past mistakes.

When (if) I am ready to plant luffas, I can buy a new pack of seeds.

Now I am making ice cream mix. It has to cool a little before the vanilla goes in.

I feel better.

Hello 🙂

Hi Subclinical 🙂
YEA! for the open house going well. 😀
Sorry the parents seem to be the hardest part to handle.
Hopefully the children will be smart and anxious to learn.
WTG! for not trying to save all the old donuts and only bringing home what you can use! ;D
OK, what flavor is that cake?

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
YEA!!! for cleaning ladies! ;D
Do you remember two weeks ago you said you would have them wipe out that cabinet in two weeks?
I saw the weather report that said back East was going to get ugly hot, sorry. 🙁
Wishing BF's old Kitty boy all the best from his check up. (((HUGS)))

My garden is easier to water now, takes hardly any time at all.
This is because I have quit watering things and areas that I have decided to eliminate.
Will dig them out and smooth over the ground little by little over time. 😀
Got my To-Do list all finished.
Had a corned beef brisket in the freezer for about three/four months and figured I would never eat it because it was not yet cooked.
So today I cooked it, sliced it up and put it back into the freezer where it will be all ready for when I am ready to eat it.
At the grocery store I bought dried cranberries, pecans, oranges and bananas.
Soon as those bananas are ripe I plan to make banana/cranberry/pecan bread.
Four loaves worth.
I always mix regular unbleached wheat flour with whole wheat flour 50/50 to get better texture results than from using all whole wheat.
The recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar per loaf.
The bread is cut into twelve slices.
So, that's not too much sugar in two slices for breakfast every day.
Right? 😉
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Old boxes of baking soda are good for pouring down drains, followed by some vinegar.
Helps keep drains clean & clear and also deodorizes them. 😉

Hello Ladies! Excellent work at the food bank today, SubC! I am proud of you. I'm excited about your new students. That is a lot of newbies all at once.

Tea in bed sounds so comforting, Tillie!

I did not have the cabinet scrubbed down?I decided on the fridge because that has been bothering me. They did a great job on my house. So clean. The fridge looks beautiful. I'll give them the cabinet task in two weeks! They do a wonderful job on my house. I am so happy with them!!! They will do anything for me and I appreciate their hard work. They even clean kitty's box.

I need to get a new box of baking soda for the fridge.

We are taking BF's cat to vet today. He's an old cat but we are just there for a check up.

Tillie we are going to have hazy hot and humid weather this week. I'm baking a birthday cake either tomorrow or Wednesday. I haven't baked in ages! I am looking forward to my class in October on cake decorating!

I am so so so salty from last night's food. Just drinking water and iced tea today to flush out the salt.

Tatoulia, yes, inquiring minds want to know if the cabinet got washed out!

Tillie, i'm Glad your garden changes are pleasing you.

Open house went well. I was really exhausted though. We have 70 new kids this year. I think about 20 of them are in my classes,and their parents require a lot of extra hand holding.

Today I went to the food bank. We got way too many baked goods. I was good though - I brought home only two plastic grocery bags of bread - some of which I will eat, two small jewel boxes of tomatoes that have to be sorted out - about half for me and half for chickens - and a 6" round cake to share with dh. I let them throw the giant stack of boxes of stale donuts into the dumpster. I still have some lettuce and stale bread left from last week.

Good Morning Everybody 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
YEA! for the cleaning ladies coming today! ;D
What about that cabinet? Will they be wiping it out too?
Happy you and your Mom had fun time.
Chefs like to use salt, hidden salt in all their recipes.
They put some salt into everything.
Maybe that's what's making you feel salty?

This morning is so lovely, quiet and cool. Only 65 degrees right now.
I have the sprinkler on on the grass.
Still not dressed yet, still sitting here in my bed drinking tea.
Have a short list of things To-Do today.
Really should do more but just not up to it. ;P

I'm sorry to hear about your sick headache, Tillie and I hope you are feeling better today.

Great work, Tess! Very satisfying to get rid of things! Keep up the good work.

My cleaners come today. I'm pretty excited.

Our miserably hot weather is making a return this week.

Had a fun time with mom yesterday then BF and I went out for dinner. I feel salty today.

Tess I too hate the heat. I have Graves Disease and I have an extreme intolerance to heat. I am miserable all the time. I don't have a comfortable temperature. I see my new doctor next week.

Ok I'll put the AC on now and take a shower. I'm having my ladies clean the fridge today.