Thursday and Apartment Cleaning

I didn't sleep quite as well last night. I don't know why. I didn't go to bed as late as I have been so maybe that has something to do with it. I don't believe it rained last night either. It was forecast for this morning. When it gets light it will be interesting to check that out. 

I have just eaten my breakfast although I was out of breakfast bars and had only oatmeal and am working on my coffee. The laptop computer was frozen this morning and I had to do a cold reboot to get it back up too. I started the blog on the desktop computer. It is 6:16AM and I will go check out the cats and see if they are out there for breakfast.

So more later... 

Well, it has been raining this morning. It doesn't appear  to be raining now though. The cats are not out there yet...maybe because of the rain. When I turned on the TV and to the weather channel,"the weather on the 8's" had just come on and so I grabbed my phone and caught a picture of it. 

Today is supposed to be 92 degrees and AM thunderstorms. Friday is forecast for 82 degrees and thunderstorms and Saturday 82 degrees and thunderstorms, and Sunday 88 degrees and AM thunderstorms.Monday is forecast for 95 degrees and partly cloudy,Tuesday the forecast is for  98 degrees and sunny and Wednesday 101 degrees and mostly sunny. It doesn't appear the cooler weather (if you can call it that) will last long.

I went ahead and wrote the August rent check. I will get it to Stephen when I next see him. 

It is nearly 7:00AM now. It still is not raining but it has been. The sidewalks are wet but the cats are not out there yet. It's only 77 degrees out there this morning. Nice morning...but I wish it would rain again. We sure need it. 

More later... 

Dean wants to read the book I just finished called "Lincoln Street". The author is from Coffeyville and grew up there. His name is Don Burgess. He went on to become a twice Pulitzer Prize winning author. I will send it to him when the post office opens. Burgess lives in Texas now. 

I got the book to Dean in the mail. Then I went out to Dollar General and bought breakfast bars and Kleenex. 

Scott called and visited with me for a long while. I finally had to get off the phone and recharge it.

I got the mopping done earlier and I just now got everything  back to where it belongs after that. Now I need to begin my vacuuming. So once again, I will get back to this after I get the bedroom and hall and den vacuumed. I always take a break after that much is finished.

O.K. I got the bedroom and den and hall vacuumed and all I need to do now is the living room and dining room. I will rest awhile now and finish after I get my  breath again. 

I always have to move the chairs out of the dining room and into the living room and kitchen to vacuum the dining room. I really am not supposed to lift those chairs they are so heavy. But I can't vacuum there without getting them out of the way so I just bite the bullet and do it anyhow. If my surgeon knew, she would have a fit.

The cats never came for a meal. It has drizzled off and on all morning. I think it's stopped now. But it is forecast for the next three days. We need it badly. Our yards are all mostly yellow and the ground in the back is cracked...especially near the apartment and the fence. It's 10:25AM now 

So More Later...

I finished my vacuuming and it's 11:15AM now and I am having my lunch. Instead of eating out, I will have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Peanut butter has lots of protein in it. The jelly is sparse so not a lot of calories either.  The only thing a sandwich doesn't have is veggies or fruit but I take a multivitamin every day so I am making up for some of that. I could not cook for one. I don't like the idea of eating the same thing for a week like Karan does. That's why I eat out a couple of times a week. Once is usually at Sonic where I get their kids Wacky Pack on Wednesday's for $2.18. That's two chicken strips and tater tots and a tiny Coke. It fills me up.

I got my mail and received the shade for my visor to keep the sun out of my eyes when I drive early mornings.I read their directions several times but never did come to understand how to install it. Finally I called  Leslie to see if she was home and if I could come out there and see if it would make sense to her. The pictures to the directions were too dark to make out. Finally she googled it on her phone and a man on u-tube showed how to do it. She went out to my car and put it right on. The only problem is it is too high to do any good for me at  5ft. 3 1/2 in. tall. It was even too tall for Leslie who is probably 5 ft.7in. tall. Maybe John can use it. He is 6 ft.2 in. tall. I will offer it to him or Kelly who is even taller.

It's 5:02PM now and the news will be on in almost 30 minutes. 

The cats never did show up today. I hope they are both all right.

I heard on NPR that thousands of people have stopped watching the news and the don't know why. I know why. They are sick and tired of eight commercials every few minutes at commercial breaks. Most of those commercials are for pharmaceuticals and we are all appalled at the cost of our meds. When I was working in Radio selling radio commercials back in the 80's, each thirty second ad on TV was $275.  And that was back in the 80's. Imagine what those companies are paying now. And guess who is actually paying for them....we are. ...at our pharmacies.

At 6:25PM I will take my bath and put my pajamas on and read until 9:00PM when I plan to go to bed. I am very tired this evening.

More Later...