Hi.

This is the part of the movie where I admit I've had a pretty self indulgent morning.  I sat here and typed responses via DS........the life and times we all share and it was pretty doggone great.  Ya'll are some kind of special...........you really are!  Yup, just sit there and bask in the glow of appreciation......let it wash over you.
Now what is going on beyond the mushyfeelings stuff?  Well, I'm looking at the interior of the homeplace and it could use a good leaf blowing.  It sounds way easier than that seriously heavy vacuum or even the mop or broom for that matter.  I want a very low intensity high results clean.  Can't pace correctly if I use all the various tools, so maybe this can act as a one tool 86's all dust, call it good. 
Thanks to presbyopia I can't see a lot of the dusty dirt stuff that used to bug me........that certainly makes life easier.  Cannot stop thinking about brownies.  For a woman who just offloaded a huge bag of halloween candy on her son's workplace you would think that i had mellowed towards chocolate............but no, a resounding no in fact.  i want a brownie........fresh out of the oven.
In the meanwhile I have some regular boring chores to tend to.  This will take MUSIC.  Luckily I have some great new used CD's.  They are the sugar that helps the medicine go down..........yup, a nod to Mary Poppins.  I watched this movie a jillion times as a teen babysitter.  I still know almost all of the words to every song.  I may not remember my name or where I put the car, but by golly I will be able to sing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious................hope that is close, lol and no I don't care if it is wrong. 
Nobody rang my doorbell and held out a plate of hot fresh food, so here we go again.  Gotta go try and talk Annie and her sous chef Rio into taking it on..........a girl has to hang onto in home chef hope.  Speaking of those two.........they have a new routine.  Annie stands on the bed or any furniture that gives her the leap down attack/chase little brother advantage.  Annie does this over and over and it never seems to get old.  This has been their new game of the week.  They are funny.........Annie is the definite leader and Rio is the funniest little dude.  They have so much fun ---- then they both fall over and try to catch their breath. 
Annie is still as sweet as ever.......she is patient with her attention lap hogging little brother.  Annie always comes when she is called..........she knows who she is.  Rio on the other hand is a goofy little persona.  He thinks he totally owns the air space rights surrounding my lap........I have zero rights to move or leave the spot marked x. 
Rio also has a new thing......he likes to bite on my shirt buttons.  He's kind of a dog kitty. He likes to stir it up............he stole some of my playing cards.  Found the queen of clubs in the bedroom and the king of diamonds in the kitchen.  i play solitaire.......truth?  i play a brain fog version of solitaire several times a day in general for fun, but mostly for the PT.  It really seems to help my hands and wrists.  I have trouble with ever increasing limited mobility.  Feels like my tendons are super short and the joints are ticked off........so I keep gently stretching them several times a day.  Sometimes I just sit there and shuffle while Rio bats a paw here and there.........we play well together.
I am trying to keep the sad in the shadows today and concentrate on the sunshine, on being grateful......and not dwell on things I don't understand.  This could be a good day to forgo the cleaning and break out the art supplies.  Hmmmmmmm, yeah maybe so!  I've been giving Annie some extra TLC......she loves having her neck rubbed......she seems to give up her time so Rio can steal as much of me as possible.  I call her over and we talk about it.  usually Rio is in my lap... again, as usual.  he thinks that i am his momma rug.
I took the real age quiz and the brain health quiz this week.  I am a lot older than my birthdate which didn't surprise me.  What actually surprised me is that the number they gave me was lower than I thought it would be.  Ever take this quiz?  I got a B on Brain health which seems like it must be fixed by the German olympic judges somehow.............I musta taken the test on a low fog day........need to celebrate it and move on. 
Praying for you and for the things you share............my final share of the day?  My computer is no longer supported by Mac, deemed too old so I can no longer open anything via a link or on youtube.......so sad.  sigh............my computer is not intel based so despite the fact that it was born in 04 or 05 it is a dinosaur.  what makes me so mad?  they were supporting us and then they dropped us like we're hot. only not..........so sad.  obviously i can still do DS/e-mails but it really limits me even more than before.
don't see a new computer on the list anytime soon, so i am praying to stay content and not whine too much.........just wanted ya'll to know that i can't open anything up and it is a bummer for reals..........can't access the necessary program cause my computer is no longer supported by mac.  wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  it is what it is......not the end of the world just a tiny hiccup really. 
onward and upward..........hugs for your week-end.  sparrow the bird over and out.