early afternoon.

this day is humming along. 

put all the dirty dishes in the dishwasher and it's running now.  made a pot of easy chili to enjoy in the coming days.  then i prepped six chicken wings to cook either for dinner tonight or sometime tomorrow.  these wings are so easy to make, wish i could conquer the clean up more easily.  all it takes is the pre-prep, cutting them up into pieces.  then the drying for a while in the frig......finally mixing them with baking soda and any preferred spices.  bake time is an hour or so.......they come out crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, quite delicious.  but the clean up.....they cook on racks, bits stick and this means i have to soak the racks in a deep dishwashing pan for a time.  then scrub off the loose bits and then wash them.  with the arthritis this leads to a lot of pain afterwards if not during. 

but yes, they are yummy!

i showered, tidied my bed, opened the curtains and mini blinds to let in the sunlight.......today i'm wearing a brighter royal blue, red, a bit of white here and there and finally a soft pale blue flowered dress with navy blue flats.  it's airy, light and comfy.  easy peasy. 

things i'd like to do but when:

the base of my patio table is rusty around the rim.  needs sanding and fresh paint.  trying to decide, stick with the brown or add more vibrancy?  the top is a mosaic of many colors.  dark green, yellow, red, orange, dark blue, pale blue.....pretty really.  the freshly painted marina blue chairs hold bright turqoise blue pillows, that say HOME SWEET HOME......one of the hibiscus plants is almost dead.  so sadddddddd.  just days ago it was a dark vibrant shiny green with pretty hibiscus blossoms, now it's yellow and looks like it's given up.  the other two hibiscus are doing well......

it's a bright sun shiny day.......about 1 o clock.  the phone rings but it's just phantom callers.  can't they make it stop? 

so here's a dumb story.  i found a dress on ebay, it's only 18.00 plus $4 for shipping, a great rate.  the listing says it's a sleeveless dress......but i can clearly see sleeves.  i order the dress then realize the ad is confusing.....so i send a note to the shop keeper.....saying if it. has sleeves i want it, but if is has zero sleeves then i don't. 

so she says, she is sorry the ad was misleading, since i do not want sleeves she will immediately refund my money.  so i  write her back....."wait, hold up, ....whoa i want the short sleeved dress, do not cancel, please send it to my home in GA.  she says ohhhhhh, my bad, so sorry, you want sleeves, it has sleeves, i'm the one who said it was sleeveless......the whole thing was dingy but finally we're on the same page.  the dress is a petite which means for this brand it's only 48 inches long instead of 50.  that is fine, it will come down to my calves more or less, but not so long that i'll trip on it while coming to a standing position.  good deal. 

the ebay company i ordered the replacement phones from sent me a nice note.  promised to get me the phones as quickly as possible, shouldn't be more than a few days turnaround.  well yay, i was hoping it would be like that.....i wondered how long as i placed the order but didn't ask......it was as if they read my mind with their note!  thinking they might be a newer vendor with such a nice note. 

think i'll go put my feet up in the catnapper chair and watch a little more doris day movie.......be kind to yourself and others.