The retired life on a Monday......

 

With the temps getting up there, dog walks are now taking place at 7am.  It is still nice and cool.  Still plenty of shade.  The dogs love the cool grass (and all the trees, haha) in the parks.  I had to take this photo, with the sun just coming up over the mountains.  This morning there were so many other dog walkers, Romeo asked me "Is there a holiday today that I don't know about??"  I thought maybe people who don't work take the weekends off in order to avoid the working folks that are out in droves on Saturday and Sunday.  

Then I had to feed the tomatoes, water some of the other things in my garden, water the strawberry garden, water my crazy lavender plant, and oregano, then the yard.  I had such high hopes for my Greek mountain tea (sideritis, or ironwort), but there are only three of the five seedlings left.  One is growing ~wow it grows rather slowly ~ the others just seem to be hanging out.  If I can't get it going, I'm going to turn that raised bed into a veg bed.   My yard isn't big enough for unproductive gardening beds.

I usually have a lizard that lives in the wisteria near my garden, and I'm happy to have them!  A few days ago there was a large roadrunner standing on the fence, going after the lizards ~ one of their main food sources.  She was too big to make much headway into the wisteria to make the catch.  Now my lizards are rather shy.  I haven't seen them out sunning themselves like I used to.  As I am writing this, she was just now out there, so I think she has put our yard on her route for breakfast.  

 

Yesterday our team at church (we make the meal for fellowship hour about twice a year) had a fish fry, and unfortunately there were about 3 grease fires.  The kid working on frying the fish was putting it into the hot oil too fast.  It totally freaked me out!  I was yelling "fire!  fire!", and couldn't figure out why no one else was freaking out.  They were not small fires either.  Finally he figured out he needed to put the basket in very slowly to avoid the flare ups.  I'm surprised we didn't need the fire extinguisher.  If Chuck wants to fry fish again, I'm going to say no way.  Just buy the fish already fried and heat it up in the oven.  I had a hard time falling asleep last night, having flashbacks on it.  

I was so stressed out that I forgot an ingredient in the cornbread I was making ~ although I didn't realize I forgot to put the melted butter in until that afternoon.  I just couldn't figure out why the recipe worked without it, but it did!  I had quite a few compliments on it too!  Weird, right?

Well, gotta go fold laundry and other drab, boring stuff.  This is the life of a retiree most days!  I must say, I really love it.  :-)

Love, 365
 

I thought yesterday was Wednesday.........

 

I don't know why I see so many chicken posts on FB ~ I don't have any, and I don't write posts about them.  But darned if most of them don't crack me up.  Especially the ones that show the human in charge putting in a swing for them, and then they use it!  Maybe chickens aren't as stupid as folks say?  

Summer is here ~ temps in the 90s every day.  The only good thing ~ my tomatoes are really taking off.  I have some lined up for ripening....
 

I read somewhere that the best thing to do it pick the fruit off when there's a slight blush underneath.  Said it doesn't affect the taste and keeps your wonderful tomatoes from being eaten my some critter.  I have been waiting for this day for 9 months!!  Can't wait to try them.  

About 4-5 years ago we purchased burial plots at Natural Burial of New Mexico ~ but we had never gone out there to see what it looks like.  So, we took a little road trip to check it out.  As it turned out, there was a burial going on when we visited.  When you are buried, your relatives are given a GPS location in case they want to visit your grave later ~ but as you can see, there's not much to see!  No headstones are allowed, although you can have a stone engraved if you wish.  

It doesn't matter to us, we have no family in New Mexico ~ and I doubt our kids would visit.  And after seeing this burial ground, I admit I wouldn't really want to go either!  But it was inexpensive.  And we don't need to be embalmed, which I don't want.  It all kind of reminds me of the wild west, haha.

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I hope you all enjoy your weekend!

Love, 365 

The completetion (almost!) of an old project....

 

I am not much of a quilter.  I hope to change that, but this quilt ~ intended for my youngest son ~ has been hanging around unfinished for almost 3 years.  I finally finished sewing all the 9 patch blocks, and now I need to sew each row, then sew the rows together.  My sis, who is quite the quilter suggested I sew two rows together, then another two and so on, then sew those rows all together.  She has been doing this for quite awhile, so I'm going to take her recommendation.  I vacuumed the living room and laid the blocks down to try and figure out where I wanted the colored blocks.  Zoē thought I had put down a new rug for her to lay down on.  I would throw a toy, but she would keep coming back to it.  Silly dog.  

We have been enjoying wonderful weather here, and I'm dreading the hottest part of summer.  Today we took Demitri and Zoē for a walk at 7am this morning, and it was really nice.  Later we'll be lucky if it is below 75 in the morning.  

The garden is coming along.....

The hollyhocks are going great guns.  Everything in. the garden is doing fine, with only a bit of leaves being munched on.  I plan to use my neem oil spray this evening and hopefully remove the critters that are creating those holes, and getting rid of the pest that likes the morning glory leaves.  

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love, 365
 

Well, here we are........

These are "Heavenly blue" morning glories.  I bought a packet of seeds, very excited about having them climb the fence behind my garden.  About two weeks later, I am so excited to see seedlings!  A week later I went out to water, and the leaves are gone.  Something is eating the darn leaves.  So I tried again, but had the same result, so apparently I was supplying something with a snack!  I have clear plastic cups I'm going to put over the new seeds I planting tomorrow.  The curious thing is there are small basil plants, and small carrot tops, but those are fine.  I can't figure out what's eating them, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's pill bugs.  I hope the cups work.

There is really not much going on ~ we get up and take the dogs out around 7:15-7:30 for a 2-3 mile walk, then I work out in the garden for awhile.  Laundry.  Dinner.  Embroidery or quilting, depending on how I feel about either one.  The one thing I have to force myself to do is clean house.  Yesterday I dusted, vacuumed and mopped the downstairs, and wasn't worth anything after that.  I used to do a whole lot more in one day!  Now, I parcel it out.  Once upon a time I tried a cleaning service, but I was disappointed that they didn't do everything I normally do ~ like catch the baseboards with the vacuum, clean well around the toilet....things like that.  So, why spend the money if my standards are so nick picky?  It is not cheap having a service like that, so I'll save that money for something else ~ and there are always many "something else's", haha.

 

 Happy Memorial Day to all our veterans and service members......We remember 💗

If you have Netflix, check out the documentary on Lincoln.  It is so well done.  I wish we had a president with his honesty and dedication to the well being of the citizens of this country right now ~ when apparently it is most needed.

Love, 365 

 

Garden adventures.......

As you can see from this photo, my hollyhocks are blooming already.  This must be the earliest I've ever seen.  I attribute it to our very warm March.  I went ahead and planted my seedlings, even though technically our last frost date is mid May.  

I was so excited that my morning glories sprouted...I checked them every day, and then one morning, poof!  They were all gone.  I think a bird ate them, thinking they look like worms.  I have replanted more seeds, and put some netting over it so they don't munch down again. 

Currently watching Iga Swiatek battle McNally, and it's a terrific game.  The first set she won 6 to 1, and lost the second set 6-7.  That's a huge turn around for McNally.  

I finished cutting out and sewing the squares for the 9 patch quilt I am making for my youngest son.  I can't believe I started it over 2 years ago.  I am motivated to get it done, and ship it off to him!  I have other sewing projects I really want to get to.  I am really not a precision sewer.  I just do it, and then I noticed that some of the blocks are 1/4" bigger than others, so I'm going to need to trim them all to the same size.  What a pain.  

I received my issue of Bake from Scratch, and decided to try their meringue lemon bars.  I guess I'll have to let you know because they have to stay in the fridge overnight before making the swiss meringue.  The worst problem with baking when there's just two of us is having all this stuff hanging around.  If I can I freeze it, but this one can't be frozen, so......    

Now for a little Mother's Day humor:

 

 

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Mom's!

Love, 365 

I'm back!....

 I knew it had been awhile since I've been here~ things have finally settled down.  That last month of Pascha (Easter) was totally crazy.  There was just so much going on.  Extra services at church, about a billion flowers being delivered, baking and egg dyeing.  Of course, I  ended up with a migraine, a really awful one that took two days to recuperate from.  It's been two weeks and I finally feel I am catching up with all my usual chores and projects.   But today I had to take a break and chill.  I am doing that by binge watching The Closer.   I had never watched it, mostly because Romeo doesn't really like the gruesome aspects of murder victims.  Somehow it doesn't really bother me.   

                                                                Oh, nooooooo! 

He doesn't have any problems watching me do an emergency amputation on Mr Bill's leg, which was hopelessly mauled by Demitri.   Sadly this surgery did not save Mr Bill for future maulings.  But the dogs loved hearing him say Oh, noooooo! when he was tossed for their play.  

 

The two of them often keep track of neighborhood goings on.  

This year's kouvouklion.....

 

                                                                    Christ is Risen!

 Adorable myrrh bearers.....

Holy Saturday.....

Gorgeous petunias I found at Costco.....

Next week I am finishing painting the bedroom.  You know what's funny?  Romeo says "when are WE going to start on finishing the painting?", when he never picked up a single paint brush over the past years painting projects.  Haha

 

Well, I don't have much else!  I hope you all have a great weekend!

Love, 365 

 

 

The scent of wisteria.....

I have never seen my wisteria so full of blooms!  I keep the windows and back door open so that the scent will waft in, and it's the best freakin air freshner ever.  

 

I took a photo while looking up at the underside..... 

 

The construction of each and every flower......amazing.

 

There are a LOT of bees.  They are busy though, and even though I was hanging out trying to get photos, they ignored me.  I do worry the dogs will snap at one and have their head swell up.  Which is why we keep liquid Benadryl on hand.

 

I really can't explain how big this plant is.  I planted it 26 years ago.  The main stem is probably 7 or 8 inches in diameter.  The other side of our fence is probably 20 feet, and it hangs almost to the ground on the other side.  

This was taken a couple of days earlier before it really opened up!
 

Love, 365 

 

Recipe for Millionaire Brownie Bars......

 

Recipe from: Bake from Scratch, March/April 2026 magazine 

Brownies:

4 oz (113g) 60-70% cacao bittersweet chocolate, chopped 

6 Tbsp (84g) unsalted butter, cubed

3/4 cup (98g) confectioners sugar

6 Tbsp (84g) firmly packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp (79g) all purpose flour

1 1/2 Tbsp (8g) unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

1/4 tsp kosher salt

1/8 tsp baking powder

2 large eggs, lightly beaten and room temperature

1 tsp vanilla extract

CARAMEL:

1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp (195g) sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup (110g) heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup (84g) light corn syrup

1/4 cup (57g) unsalted butter, cubed

1/4 tsp kosher salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

GANACHE:

6 oz (170g) 60-70% cacao bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp (135g) heavy whipping cream

1Tbsp (21g) light corn syrup

1 1/2 Tbsp (21g) unsalted butter, cubed

GARNISH: flaked sea salt

Preheat oven to 325 (F). Line a 9" square baking pan with foil, letting excess extend over sides of pan, spray foil with cooking spray.  

FOR BROWNIE: In the top of a double boiler, heat chocolate and butter over simmering water, whisking occasionally until melted and smooth.  (I did this in the microwave) Turn off heat and whisk in confectioners sugar and brown sugar until well combined, 1-2 minutes.  (Mixture won't be completely smooth)  Remove from heat; let cool for 3 minutes.  

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, kosher salt, and baking powder.  

Gradually add eggs to chocolate mixture, whisking until combined.  Whisk in vanilla.  Fold in flour mixture just until combined.  Spread batter into prepared pan. 

Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs, or an instant read thermometer inserted in center registers 200 F, 15 to 20 minutes.  Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

FOR THE CARAMEL: In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, whisk together condensed milk, brown sugar, cream, corn syrup, butter, and kosher salt.  Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking frequently, until thickened, smooth, and shiny and an instant read thermometer registers 234 F for soft ball stage, about 12 minutes.  Remove from heat, a nd whisk in vanilla.  Pour hot caramel onto cooled brownie, spreading smooth.  Let cool completely. 

FOR GANACHE: In a medium bowl, add chocolate.  In a medium saucepan, heat cream and corn syrup over medium-low heat until steaming.  (Do not boil.)

Pour hot cream mixture onto chocolate; let stand for 2 to 3 minutes.  Starting in center of bowl, slowly stir in small circles with a rubber spatula until well combined.  Stir in butter until melted and combined.  Pour ganache onto cooled caramel, spreading smooth.  Garnish with sea salt, if desired.  Refrigerate until ganache is set, about 30 minutes.  

Using excess foil as handles, remove from pan, and cut into bars.  Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.  

 

As I mentioned, it isn't a difficult recipe, but you do have to let each layer cool completely before pouring on the next layer.  I hope you enjoy it!

Love, 365 

 

Oh, the brownies.........

 

My eldest son has made it to town!  We got together yesterday, early afternoon ~ hung out, gave the kids sandwiches, played some games and had enchiladas I made for dinner.  But before they came I decided I was going to make one of the recipes in my new Baked from Scratch magazine.  These brownies were one, and Romeo immediately drooled over the photo.  It was really not that difficult, you just had to wait for the brownie layer on the bottom to cool before you poured the caramel layer, and let that cool before pouring on the ganache layer.  Then a nice little sprinkle of sea salt on top.  Oh my.....they are decadent and delicious!  It's hard to stay away.....

Today they asked me to go with them to a museum, but I had to ponder and order the flowers we need at church for our Easter service.  I am given carte blanche to design how the flowers are to be arranged on our kouvouklion/epitaphio.  It's kind of a big deal, even though the flowers are only on it for 8 hours.  Once the service is over, the flowers are removed and each parishioner takes 1, or 2 (or even more if there are lots) flowers home.  I had a budget of $1,500.  Given that flowers have gone up quite a bit from last year, I had to really go over what flowers are available and make sure not to go over.  I did better this year, and only spent $1052.  I also bought more from Costco than in the previous 2 years.  Now I have to hope that the flowers are not delayed in transit, because they are due to arrive 3-4 days before the big day.  

This is my third year chairing this event.  It is both fun and stressful.  I like doing it, but maybe someone else wants to do it for next year.  I'll ask.....but I bet the answer is a resounding NO!  Ha ha

As when any visitors from out of town come, I feel compelled to clean like mad.  One day I did 3/4 of the downstairs, and the other quarter the next day.  I feel so old.  Doing all of that was so exhausting.  I used to be able to clean the entire house in one day.  Hey, I even cleaned the refrigerator!   One of the jobs I really hate. I was even polishing the granite, vacuuming, and putting various little things away the morning before they came over.  

Everyone was tired after they left last night, even the pups have been lazy all day.

Well, I'm going to go chill!  I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Love, 365 

 

Finally done with the embroidered jacket!......

 

 

Yay!  Finally done.  I thought about taking it over to my friend, but since I have a haircut on the 10th, I figured I would save the gas and take it then.  It's just I was so excited to finish!   I do have another project waiting in the wings which I plan on starting on Wednesday.  

Tomorrow, koulouria.  733 cookies.  Surprisingly it will not take all day or anthing like that.  We'll have 2 ovens, a large mixer, practically unlimited baking sheets.  Getting the dough ready shouldn't take long.   Hopefully I will have at least 5 or so volunteers to twist the cookies into their distinctive shape.  

 

In early January we trimmed the wisteria, with plans to trim a bit more, but too late!  We have been having record breaking warm weather, and trees are leafing out, and so is the wisteria.  There are buds all over it.  Last year we had a terrible wind storm that ruined all the buds, drying them out until they crumbled like dust.  I certainly hope that doesn't happen this year, because the scent and the beauty of the flowers is so incredible.  Fingers crossed!

And so, I guess I will laze about for the rest of the day, since tomorrow will be so busy.  I hope you get a lazy day this week too.

Love, 365 

 

Lent begins!

 

Traditionally lagana is baked for Clean Monday, but I was putting together sourdough and didn't have time.   My starter hasn't been good this whole winter, but I did finally find a recipe that worked much better ~ and why not?  It has 1/4 more starter in it.  That's like adding another package of dry yeast.  The sourdough came out great!  The lagana, as you can see, did not.  But, I haven't tasted it yet, so there may yet be hope!  Well, besides the big air tumor, haha.  

 

A friend of mine gave me an amaryllis that someone had given her for Christmas ~ she said she kills all plants that are dependent on her for water and care, haha.  The flowers are huge, larger than my palm.  They are beautiful!  The color was really intense the first 4-5 days, but I can see it's fading.  We sure have enjoyed it.

I am done with everything except the middle of the sunflower.  I thought I would do french knots, but I've decided against that, I just haven't taken them out yet.  I am so glad to get this project done.  I think I can finish it in an hour or so this afternoon.  I really need to get my other projects going!  

We are having spring like weather today, and it's supposed to be in the low 70s for the majority of the week.  I still think we're going to have more winter weather, and I hope that includes snow!  We've hardly had any this season.

I hope all of you have a great week!

Love, 365 

From the 50s to the 20s......

 

This photo is from a party my friend held at her beautiful home ~ we all knew each other from work.  Not long that after this party she and her husband found out he had early onset alzheimer's.  We were good friends for a long time, but when I quit working at that job, we just drifted away.  She had so many milestones that took her away from most friends that weren't family.  We spoke once or twice a year, and she would tell me about how at first it was odd, him not working, but not remembering things they had done the day before.  He quit driving soon after the diagnosis.  Eventually she had to hire people to check in on him during the day, then hire someone that could stay with him all day until she got home from work.  They sold the beautiful house and moved to a single story home with a casita (a large bedroom with a full bathroom that is separate from the house) that she didn't like.  I remember thinking that she had become the person who loses one thing after the other, and becomes this sad,  lonely, and tragic figure that just keeps going through the motions ~ because she had to.  It took, as it often does, decades to come to it's awful end, where he didn't know who she was, or recognize their two boys.  

Her family is very supportive and loving.  I have this photo and a few others to remember her by, and most likely, it's how she wants me to remember our friendship.  Sadly, her husband passed away 2 years ago, after 23 years of gradual decline.  I've been tempted to contact her, even though it's been a long time since I've heard from her, but I hesitate until I talk myself out of it.  

I did work for two weeks to fill in at the dental practice I retired from.  It was just the right amount of time ~ just about the time it started to feel annoying to get up and get going, it was over!  I did discover that the girl who was on vacation was hired about 6-9 weeks ago.  She didn't tell them that she had this trip planned when they interviewed her......the practice manager said she wouldn't have hired her knowing she would be taking 2 weeks off in less than 2 months!  Apparently she doesn't have any dental experience.  Well, except her own past dental visits.  Apparently there is a serious shortage of people that want to work the front office these days.  There was a brief discussion that went something like: what if she doesn't come back?"  Thankfully she did come back ~ or I think she did because I didn't hear anything.  Thankfully!

I am catching up on all the projects I had planned.  I started painting the bedroom today.  I didn't do too much, but I got started, and that will encourage me to keep going until it's done!  

Like so many people in the US, we had a bitter cold front that dropped our temperatures dramatically.  We has a couple of inches of snow, but some places had a dozen inches.  It was a huge front that swept across from New Mexico all the way up to the Northeast.  Luckily we will back into the low 50s by this weekend.  The dogs are really itchy to go on a walk!  

Well, gotta go!  Have a wonderful week.

Love, 365 

 

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go........

 

I have the match between Kokkinakis and Korda on, and wow, it's pretty exciting!  It was a bit disappointing that he didn't win the match, but it was great to watch!

As an update on the month long icky feelings I had, I am back on track to feeling good.  It turns out one of the medications I am taking was changed to a larger dosage.  I feel kinda stupid that it took me so long to figure it out.  

The dental office I retired from has called me again asking if I wanted to work for a couple of weeks to fill in for someone who's on vacation. This was 2 weeks ago, and I figured I could always use a few extra bucks, so said yes.  I am not buying anything to wear, there is no point when it's only 2 weeks.  I hate the pants I usually wear, and I have decided that at the end of this 2 weeks I'm throwing them out.  Luckily I can wear a nice pair of jeans with a button down shirt instead of dress pants.

I put the Christmas decorations away last week....we usually leave it up until after Theophany.  Then the boxes hung out in my office until today, when I re-organized it and put it away.  I really need to get rid of more of the decorations I have.  I did buy a new tree after Christmas, and got a steal on it at 1/3 the original price.  A big plus is that it weighs less than 15 pounds, so I can manhandle it to the upper shelf in the closet without help.  

I'm also painting our bedroom, it's been a long time and we're ready for a fresh coat.  I probably won't finish until I'm done with working though.  The last thing I will want to do after coming home from an 8 to 5 job is paint.  Nope!

Honestly, we have so many projects we want to do.  There's no rush, really, but it drives me crazy.  I just want to get them done!

Well, I need to make my lunch for tomorrow, and chill out a little bit.  Have a great week!

Love, 365 

Happy New Year!.......

 

As you can see, Zoe was not impressed with the New Years celebrations.  Oh, not that we did anything, but you could hear the fireworks from the partiers nearby. 

I do not know what is going on with me, but I have been feeling sick more than I have been feeling well.  I had to pull over and throw up on my way home on New Years Eve.  There's nothing I hate more.  I even have special bags I use, which Romeo saw on Amazon.  But basically it's just all gross.  The next day I was very tired and still feeling a little nauseous.  Today I feel fine.  This is how it goes.  Sometimes I feel sick in the morning and fine in the afternoon.  Other times I'll feel fine for a week.  I think I complained about this before, so sorry about moaning about it.  So really, this has been going on for a month.  I have a Dr visit on Monday, so we'll see what she says.

 We have had the most strange weather!  We had 7 or 8 days in December that broke records.  Today was 54 f.  We have had one day of a dusting of snow and that's it.  I have never experienced such temps since we moved here in 1995.  In Texas these temperatures are not at all uncommon.

I made a try at making french onion soup, and it turned out pretty good!  The only thing I wish I had done differently was buy wine for it, but I didn't have any and ended up using a substitute.  It was ok, but next time I buy the wine!  I don't drink wine, it give me terrible headaches, so I never have any on hand.

I made a resolution to try new recipes at least once a month.  We will see how long it lasts!  Haha

I hope 2026 is kind to us all, with plenty of laughter and love. 

365
 

Oops, forgot to wish you all a Merry Christmas.....

 

Have a great New Year too!  

I am super busy, so will come back with a better post later.  

Love to you all

365 

Not in the clear..........

 

You guessed it!  Last week I came down with this awful cold.  The sneezy, coughing, blowing your nose every couple of minutes type.  I had to take medications in the evening so that I could sleep.    I keep hoping each day it'll be over, but ugh ~ it keep hanging on.

All of my holiday shopping is done!  Yay!  We had a "giving tree" at church, and I picked a little 9 year old girl this year.  One of the things she put down was coloring books.  Here I am at Walmart, and I am shocked at how much coloring books are these days.  Granted, they were thicker and fancier than the ones I got when I was a kid.  But $9?  Sheesh.  

I made toffee!  I had seen a video on how to do it, along with a recipe and it looked so easy.  So I made it on Monday.  I knew something was wrong when all I could smell was burnt sugar.  I tossed that one in the bin and looked up another recipe.  It was even easier, and it came out great.  I need to get on with my cookies, but today is bread day, so I'll just embroider.  

 I am doing this one for a friend of mine who loves sunflowers.  I really should have been almost done, but with the holidays and the illness, and some days feeling really lazy, I haven't made a lot of progress.  Luckily she is cool with however long it takes me.  In exchange I'll have a couple of free haircuts, so win win!

Well, I better get to work on it!  Have a great week everyone!

Love, 365 

 

Winter is coming!......

 

I suppose otters don't feel the cold so much.  However, being totally adorable takes you a long way....

I was sick the Monday before Thanksgiving with what is charmingly called the "two bucket virus" or norovirus.  I'll let you figure out why you would need two buckets.  That was no fun for 8 hours.  The next day was a wash, as you need another 24 hours to rehydrate.  Somehow I managed to fix the sides for Thanksgiving, but kept having episodes of dizziness.  I was glad it was all over ~ which is sad because normally I love Thanksgiving!

Then on Friday night, Romeo and I had a terrible fight.  

I've never been so glad to see a week behind me.

Tomorrow I am in charge of the Christmas decorations at church.  All the stuff is in the basement, which isn't scary except for the stairs!  I don't know who constructed them, but they should be flogged.  They are too short and too steep.  

 Wednesday we bake tsoureki for the Christmas bake sale.  Then I'm done for the week, hurrah.  

I have my shopping done, which is super easy since the only shopping I have to do is for the Grandkids.  We don't get anything for each other ~ what do we need?  

I still have plenty of projects I have lined up, so I guess I'll go work on one of those.  I hope you have a great week!

Love, 365 

Another gorgeous fall day here......

 

Another beautiful sunset ~ the real thing was so much better, but this isn't too bad.

Where does the day go?  I was doing the "this and that" cleaning routine ~ where you have a plan to wash dishes, and while you do that you plan to remove the rest of the fruiting plants from the garden, then you cover up the lawn chairs, and so on......   I felt a bit like a ping pong ball :-). 

At the end of the day I realized that there were things that I meant to do but didn't.  

Son #2 called and we "talked turkey" for at least 45 minutes.  He is roasting two turkeys for a big dinner at his older brother's house on Thanksgiving.  I wish we could be there.

This evening, while doing our Saturday night censing of the house, we set the smoke alarm off.  I laughed  ~ things they don't tell you about censing your house.  Haha.  

Have a great weekend!

Love, 365 

Today, brought to you by Autumn ~ thank you!...

 

It hasn't been a particularly busy day.  I had to remove another plant from the garden ~ I have the basil leaves in the dehydrator, which I plan to crush and put in a jar.  Even though we haven't had a frost yet, I can tell the basil is done, the leaves are looking a bit sad.  

It's nearly impossible to see in this photo, but some pest is nibbling on my Greek oregano.  I had transplanted it in hopes that it would improve, and it was until about 2 weeks ago.  I think it might be cutworms.  I am starting to get a little annoyed with all the critters that want to eat my herbs.  I will need to dose it again with diatomaceous earth in hopes the damage will stop.  

****Monday.....

I have a small tv in my office, one that my youngest son bought many years ago.  It still worked up to a month ago, and it finally died.  It was mounted on a wall mount, that Romeo is insisting we won't be able to use on a new one, but I think we could use it.  However, my thoughts are dismissed, and he is cursing and sighing over removing the mount that's been on the wall for probably 15 years.  For me, this is very frustrating.  I wish my suggestion would have been taken into account.  What would it hurt to leave it until we find a new tv, and see if it would work?  ARGH

Now I am betting he will not want to mount it on the wall because it will be "too much trouble".  So, you see where that leaves me?   

Ok, enough of the complaining. I have to go somewhere else, I can't take it.  He's going to end up making a big hole in the wall.   

***30 min later: he can't get the mounting bracket off the wall, so will look to see if the new tv will accommodate the mounting plate.   I am doing my best not to smile.  

See ya.

Love, 365