Def-y's Categorizing: October 2009 Archives

I have my annual Fall cold. I have been blaming my stepson for sharing his with me, but I discovered that my niece has the same cold, and she was with us for an afternoon. On top of that, I've been exposed to the swine flu, so I have spent the past two weeks pretty close to home. I chose not to go to exercise because I felt it would be wrong to share the swine flu with the senior citizens in the class. I hope to get back to exercise next week, before all my muscles turn to jello!

It's supposed to be almost 70 degrees today. It's sunny, and will be the last of the sunny days this week. We have rain forecast from this evening through Saturday. I should do a little work in the gardens, to move us through preparation for winter. My dear sis, Frankie, has done most of the work in the herb garden. I need to work at the front of the house, and in the long driveway gardens where the peonies grow.

Dear Husband was able to bring the boat home safely last weekend. Other than being swamped by a huge wave as he motored south to the yacht yard, it was a relatively uneventful trip. I suspect that he did better without my help than he does with it. He's been offloading anything that would freeze, and winterizing the motor and bilges. Poor guy. Seven months and he'll be back on the water!

Zucchini bread and pumpkin muffins are the only things I've baked so far. I'd like to make a carrot cake, and some pumpkin bread, and maybe some zucchini bread to freeze. I love the scent of fall seasonings. Cinnamon must be my all time favorite flavor!

I've managed to enter my Mother's checkbook onto Quicken, but I realized yesterday that the program sees it as my property, rather than a separate account. I need to see if there is any way to sequester that data so that I can run reports, or I'll have more work to do at tax time. Darn it all!

And that's about all the news that's fit to print. I hope you are all having a good Fall!

This is sappy, I know, but I'm not going to delete it. After all, this is a journal of my days. Keep in mind as you read this that I am a very simple person. Small things please me. Accomplishing chores that have been waiting for a long time is the kind of thing that makes me giddy. You might want to stop reading now....

I had one of those very satisfying days that we wish would happen more often. I started the day by feeding the cat and taking a mug of tea to the computer. I love to do the LA Times crossword puzzle at the computer. Since I was there, I thought I'd make the time to blog about last weekend, another couple of satisfying days.

At that point I decided the house wasn't going to warm up fast enough, so I turned on the heat, and then settled in to clear work off my desk. I have the power of attorney for my mother's finances, so I waded through her mail, paying bills and organizing those things that would need further attention. Then I did the same for our personal mail and bills. I filed things, and organized the outgoing mail, and created a grocery list for the next four days.

I made a run to the bank, and to the post office, and then I stopped for groceries on the way home. While minestrone soup was on my mind, I got out the recipe and copied it for two friends who had requested it.

I know this sounds dreadfully dull when you read it, but the upshot of it is that I can see the top of the desk. I FEEL more organized, and I'm eager to buzz my way through more of the backlog of chores around the house. I can comfortably leave what is left of the paperwork, knowing that it's taken care of for the next week or so, and not have to worry that any disasters are waiting to befall us.

Dear Husband needed a ride home tonight. I ended my paperwork session to go and collect him. The truck needs repairs to pass it's safety testing, so we left it with our favorite repair guys. They'll work on it first thing tomorrow and try to have it ready for him during the day.

We worked on dinner together, went over our schedules for this month, and now have the chance to sit back and relax. It was a satisfying day, and I hope tomorrow is just as satisfying!