chitter chatter......chat

the wind is shaking the leaves off the trees......i'm wiped out from a shower, but at least if/when the medics come i'll be a tidy girl.  no, not that bad, just exagerating a bit.  got to have human interactions on both friday & saturday so i know people are still out there if needed......i'm so stupidly tired.  but i'm up.  sitting upright.  for a few bits......moments.  something, find your english sparrow.

clean jammies are lovely......got a super soft coral blankie waiting, a cup of happy peach tea and a cool glass of water.  i just took a big dose of that over the counter orange stuff for this continuing sinus, sneezing, excessive mucous, blowing my nose, achy, chills thing that needs to MOVE ON.  give me a break.

my dear friend five minutes away ...Helen, is going to visit her children in California on Monday the 18th.  glad for her but i will miss her.  she is the kind of friend who shares reality even as she strives to find a sense of happy/joy/balance despite substantial struggles.  we seem to make each other feel better .....knowing that we're not alone.....that the obstacles we share are similar and not weird......weird in as how they often seem to healthy functioning folk.  people not us........she is planning how many hats to take, she says they get chosen first and then she packs the rest around those beloved hats.  she is from another time......a time of hats, gloves and high tea.......but she also relates to motown, the seventies.......shares great stories. 

that orange gunk works fast, i can already breathe, yayyyyyyy.  i splurged on two new long sleeved ankle length nighties......have the navy one on now, it's so soft, so warm and comfy.  warm slippers on my feet........and a date with that pretty blanket coming my way.  more west wing, more New Tricks......more napping.

at some point i'll have to maybe cook something, but wait, i think there are still some leftovers in the frig to cover the bases.  i ordered the application to get xarelto for next year and i remembered to call to order med parts for the cpap machinery......mail opened last night......dishes done.  bed tidy and ready for me tonight. 

i can chill ......if i feel better i can straighten, sort and organize something later.  the last thing i straightened?  hmmmmm, oh yeah, the cupboards  holding the cups, bowls and glasses. plus something else, oh  yeah the cupboards over the microwave.....and the containers on the shelves in the laundry room, plus the small three story cubed baskets also in the laundry room, it's coming along a little at a time.  so far i've gone through the drawers, shelves, medicine cabinet, and vanity in the master bath.  gold star, plus the drawers in my main nightstand, the jammie shelving, the undie drawer, 2/3 of the shoes are sorted.......did the drawers in the kitchen.....at any one time it's not much of anything, but over time it's adding up to PROGRESS.  Go Ruthie Go! 

i made a decision last Friday while out with Ginnny.......we went to Cracker Barrel, don't know if you're familiar or not, but it's a lovely place to eat.  they have a massive fireplace which feels so good warming up achy bones and joints!  the food is homey and delicious....Ginny got an open face roast beef plate, I got grilled chicken tenderloins, baby carrots and mashed potatoes.........and yes we had dessert too!  The nice thing about Cracker Barrel is they give you the just right amount for lunch.......so it's less expensive than dinner and not such giant portions.  so you don't get up feeling like you just ate a massive meal......she got a slice of pumpkin pie with a dollop of whipped cream and i had a slice of chocolate pecan pie.  i've decided that i'd rather have either chocolate cream pie or pecan pie, but now i know........it was still good and that sugar jolt helped me shop, so there were definitely plusses.

thanksgiving is on the way.........helen will be gone a minimum of a month or as long as several months.  i got her contact info for where she'll be in modesto.......i sure will miss her.  we check on each other regularly and that is a real blessing.  i haven't had that for so long a time.  ginny checks on me too now, which is great but she does it via email......when i'm wonky i don't go on the computer for days at a time, .......she has a big smart phone, so she texts me and sends it to my email and since i'm not on it i don't know she's getting all worried.......i tell her to call and she forgets......cause she's like me in the forgetting thing ........so there you go, we try and we try and we remain human in our ups and downs.

the sun has come out........warming things up after the rain.  the shadows are flickering through the trees........so pretty out.  glad to be in my warm nest......sparrow cottage is my home sweet home.  recently my friend said come visit, it's only two hundred and forty miles and i wondered how i could ever ever ever manage a long drive like that?  thank goodness we have other ways to communicate yes????????? yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hugs, time to take a break, arms hurt like cwazy.