wed 9.16

slept in....decided to make a southern breakfast.  dubbed Breakfast in a Bowl.

Creamy white southern grits with scrambled eggs and bacon bits on top.

Creates a mess, but it's a nice change of pace on a dreary day.

Took my time getting up and then I pushed off the side of the day to get my chores done.

Filled the meds container with a week of medications.  Noted with pride that ten years ago I was taking 14 meds with several daily supplements.  EVERY DAY.  I take 8 pills including supplements now.........but not including the days when I might need a pain med, a muscle relaxer, an anti nausea med or an allergy pill.  Detailed yes, but a vast improvement in care.  Gold Star! 

Tidied up the bed......got a shower, fresh clothes.  A dark green & black top with soft black pants.  The usual comfy slippers......letting my hair air dry........so lazy.  I got my hair cut SHORT not long ago.  Shortest ever in all my life short.  I think I'll really like this cut in another 4-6 weeks.  But since I rarely go anywhere who cares?  It's easy to manage that's for sure.  Not a boy cut, but a really short girl cut.

Moving on........got the dishwasher emptied, the cat litter changed, the trash gathered up......and down to the curb for tomorrow's p/u.  Got my mail......I ordered a soft gray and white fuzzy nightgown via ebay.  Originally offered by Kohl's for $38.00, found it there, brand new, tags on for $20.00.  Have you ever noticed how the stuff in other people's houses has a unique scent? Sometimes good, sometimes not so good.......more on the side of meh!  Makes me wonder what my home scent is like........mercy.  Hope it's not icky........I'll run the air diffuser today!  And spray some Febreze in the kitchen.......currently there is the stong presence of morning bacon perfuming the house!

I got the dishes done.......go me! C'mon give me an air high five!  Wiped the counters down, got the splatter of food cleaned off the stove top.......good job!  Then I watered all the indoor plants.  There are between 30 & 40 indoor plant babies.  Doing well, I try to rotate the planters as my home doesn't get enough indoor light.  The living room windows are waist high and there's a big porch overhang, so I move the plants around much like I do other things....decor/pictures.  It is an amazing way to refresh your decor for zero down, zero $$ at all!  The picture hanging over my desk currently is a pretty lake scene......an acrylic painting.  Fluffy white clouds, reflections of the clouds in the water........a bank of green trees in the distance.......around the lake is a pretty field of wild yellow flowers.  It is serene, hopeful.......calming.  Nice.  To my right is a painting of friends walking down a beach.......reminds me of my time in southern California......with dear friends.  When we had the whole world in front of us......so many possiblitiies. 

I'm going to see what I can hand sew today.  I took an eyelet shower curtain that was too short and turned it into new coverings for some bed pillows.  With Fibro I have a lot of random pain, very sensitive.......all these pillows act as buffers between my skin, the pain against the world.  Anything that hurts.  It really does help!  I covered several plilows so far......and made a neck pillow too. 

At the end I had to fill the neck pillow with microbeads.  I took it outside and managed to make such a mess!  Microbeads everywhere.........seriously everywhere!  They cling to everything....hair, clothes, skin......they were in my slippers, in my pants, it was so wrong, but in the end the leaf blower won the day!

I may make another pillow like that, but the thought of taking on the microbeads is not a happy thought........we'll see.

I need to figure out what to take out of the freezer, if I want to order some chinese take out.........hmmmmm.  I really like sesame chicken ....it's been awhile.  Last night I carmelized vidalia onion, made a ground beef patty....added a baked potato and felt like a grown up.  Didn't remember to make any gravy........so I shredded some mozzarella on top of the meat and let it steam under a lid for a minute.......nice touch.

So little live talk going on here.  I need to call my brother and my friend Helen.  I need to send out a card or two......a friend is healing from shoulder surgery........time to send her a card already.  Which reminds me, I need to get stamps. 

There is always something to do........I am currently watched Law & Order SVU......in the 19th season.........that's a long running show.  I need to figure out what I'll replace it with.........I haven't watched West Wing in a while........something will come to me. 

Two friends came over last Friday for Movie Night....it was nice.  We had homemade soup.....chicken with wild rice.  Some lovely brown bread with creamy butter......and treats for movie watching.  Chex mix, hadn't had that in about a hundred years.  Chocolate.....popcorn, Cracker Jacks and more.  We even had some "Happy Juice".....my friend brought a small jar of fuzzy navels for us to enjoy.......so we each had one small cocktail.  I rarely rarely rarely drink anything that requires an ID........it felt like good fun, I felt a little buzzy......but not by much. 

I suppose I should continue on with this day........go through the mail, emails.......do construcive things and relaxing things too.  See ya later.........  so weird to come here and write a journal that no one reads.  Writing a journal for a ghost town is a little odd.......this used to be a thriving place to interact with friends and share the journey of chronic health issues.  Now it's pretty much just for me when I like to pretend there is still someone out there.................beneath that pale dark sky...........take good care of yourself and each other!