IN Carmel

  Another unusual day.  I was up early as usual and Doug was up and then went back to bed.  That's just the way it goes.  The next time he got up I made the bed.  Ha!  He was ready to stay up at that point. True to form Doug never changes.  59 years of living together has taught me a lot as it usually does for long marriages!  Steve has been around for a long time.  He is an outside cat but comes to the door morning and evening for food.  He loves to be petty and will be at your feet no matter where you go.  So we were in the car by 9:20 heading north.  Doug at the wheel and me with my knitting.  And another scarf was completed.  We arrived around 4 and had long garden walks circling more than once.  All is so pretty.                                                 ...

 I was hoping to wake up at 5:30 this morning for the USA basketball game in Berlin.  Well, it was 6:30 instead.  Seems it didn't matter too much since the team managed without me to have about the double the score that Hungry had.  I call it a blow out for sure.  So now we're on to I think Saturday.  My memory is going. Onward and Forward.  Go USA.  It seems a bit unfair with USA has a much bigger pool to draw from than the smaller countries.  Well, there's China come to think of it.  I finished another scarf and watched the clock for a 9:45 PT session.  But...I flunked that time. P T was 10:45.  I guess better early than late.  You have heard early is on time.  I decided with the new free hour I could get to Hobby Lobby for more yarn.  I chose 4 skeins but decided on two when I realized I was there on the week when Yarn wasn't on sale.  Then I was on to Goodwill having 30 more minutes to putts.  ...

 The energy bucket was full this morning but by noon it was totally empty.  That means it was an over the top morning.  Way over.  I should know better but I'm clueless was obvious once again.  The morning started with a little knitting but soon I moved to the sewing machine finishing 10 more burps and starting 5 more.  15 more and I'll have another 100 to donate to the baby Goodwill program.  Goals keep me moving.   I moved outside deciding that there were more tired flowers tipping over so the garden cart followed me around one more time till it was filled.  There was a trip to the B Blue's and then the hedge trimmers and big snippers came out.  It would seem I'm at the beginning of the fall clean up.  I worked until I was dripping with sweat and tired was the theme until I called it quits for the morning leaving the cup plants for Doug to get to the b Blue.  So the hens and chicks bed looks a little better with two othe...

 Another pleasant temperature day although not quit like Monday.  But there is no reason to complain.  I slept a little longer.  Not the usual 5 something but it was an almost 7 something.  After breakfast I decided it was time to knit again moving closer to another scarf finishing.   More burps were marked which led to sewing, trimming, turning, ironing and then finishing and folding.  That happened at different times during the morning and afternoon making sure that the back muscles were honored.  They showed better fortitude but still needed to be recognized when tired. I pulled more fabric out and did some prep work adding some cute dogs to the growing burp piles that also included this time cute penguins.  We took a break for a Doug/Lela trip to Aldi's.  Doug makes that experience so much easier.  He pushes the cart.  I load it and then we both unload it at the register with Doug always making some funny quip to the c...

 Labor Day.  I didn't do a whole lot of that.  When growing up I can remember some big projects that happened on Labor Day.  A day with a lot of LABOR.  Not so today.   I did take a turn at the computer going through the steps Eric taught me when it comes to Zoom finding.  I remembered all of it.  Well, for now but we'll see how time takes care of memory. The garden cart did follow me around but the load collected wasn't so large.  Just a few snips here and there.  There was quite a bit of watering happening.  And there should be more perhaps tomorrow.  The hens and chicks have taken quite a beating.  They need a bit of resuscitation. I hope it works.   There was knitting and I did produce 10 more burps.  More are marked for sewing  It's always a surprise to me the attack on back muscles after a long time away from the sewing machine. It takes a lot of time to be able to build sewing machine muscle...

 Sing me a simple song.  No...give me a simple day. That was today.  I'm enjoying that.   It was church day and we left home at 10 getting there a bit early.  I visited with a couple of friends in the Gathering Room.  Then on to the sanctuary at 11 which had a labor day attendance although there were more folks attending than I thought their might be.  There was a baptism and communion and once again Jill preached a super thinking sermon.  She's good at that.   We headed home and lunch happened and then it was time to knit until the 2 o'clock hour when the USA FiFa B B  team played Italy.  Hanging on by a thread or less is how I would describe the game.  But at the last minute or a bit more USA pulled off a win.  Woo.  It was a breath holder most of the time with a ton of missed shots and other things that really looked sad for our team.  But a win is a win in the book. It's win number 2.  Number 3...