What to write about

 The news is too depressing.  My books are pretty much the same  I am trying one that is fiction and suspense but I'm not impressed.  I'll finish it.  It is "The Hospital" by Leslie Wolfe.  It looks like she has written a few books.  Not liking this one enough to look into reading her other ones.  I am 50% of the way through and unless something really catches me, I will go back to my non fiction.  I am also looking at a biography of Mark Twain by Ron Chernow.

I could write about insomnia or about what food dishes I am taking to my family get together on Memorial day.  Last year my sister said 56 people came.  It is going to be chilly this year and it's going to be real crowded in the house if we can't sit out on the deck or under awnings in her yard like we usually do.  A lot of the time we would run the A/C for people who needed to cool down.  Not this year.

I could write about my flowers I am planting, but since I've not taken any pictures, I'll save that for another time.

I've stalled on my kitchen work.  I painted all the cabinets and drawers and started removing the wall paper from behind the sink area.  It is proving to be rather stubborn. I bought myself a hand held sander and I found that wetting (soaking) it was easier. I pull the paper off and there is a thick paste (looks like a light brown paper bag material) that comes off under that.  Underneath that is a teal blue paint. The sander produced an orange color under that and even under the orange is a white color.  What the what?  I know that turquoise blue was popular in the 50's but I am hoping the orange was a primer of sorts. It is slow going.  I really enjoyed painting.  This job - not so much.  

The above photo.  A Turkish lamp in purple. I like the blue and green one but I have a good friend who loves the color of purple.  She is having a retirement party in June.  I am trying to think of something nice to give her. I love lamps. But not everybody likes them.  I'll keep looking.  I may go for an outside lawn or garden ornament. She likes her flowers, also - just like me.

And now, jury duty!

 Ugh!  Third time I have been called for jury duty.  First time I was in my mid 30's I think.  Neither episode from before went all the way. Both were over before I had to serve.  The one was a big relief. The judge talked to us and said we didn't want to be serving on that case.  A man had abducted two young neighbor girls.  Yeah, I was really glad he took a plea bargain before that one went through. I probably would not have made it through the screening anyway.  

A friend informed me that we don't have to go if we are a certain age. I checked. I turn 65 end of this month and my jury duty is next month.  I can opt out.  Now, how do I get past the guilt?

My silly cat

 I adopted Moses in 2018.  A co-worker rescued him from a road where cars were passing over him.  His mouth was a bit skinned up but otherwise okay.  He is tailless.  Now that was a weird word to type.

The above photo is from about four days ago.  I heard this noise and I looked over at him.  He probably thought I was going to yell at him to get out of that box or something.  He gets yelled at a lot.  I didn't yell, grabbed my phone to take a shot.  I was being given the evil eye.

He likes it when I eat yogurt and give him some.  His favorite.  

Ordered the vanity for the downstairs bathroom.  It should arrive next month or so.  Ordered another shower door. Hopefully, it is the correct weight this time.  Kids are using a shower curtain for now.  The top is being custom made and will have laminate put on it. The laminate is in - we can pick it up tomorrow.  They picked it all out.  Been a bit of a hassle but what isn't?

Next is either garage doors or house/garage roof replacement.  Then my upstairs bathroom.  I have a window that I don't want to lose so, no shower. I am thinking of having a walk-in tub put in, though. And I think I'm going with purples/mauves for the color.  When I moved in (23 years ago!) the fixtures were pink.  Only the tub is pink, now.  

Then living room windows.  The old ones are painted shut.  I like to open windows and let fresh air in. The lady before me never opened windows, I guess.

Over the past year since retiring, I have picked up having houseplants again.  I had one that developed white, powdery mold on it. I quickly separated it. I cleaned it - but I lost it.  So far I've found it on one other plant, I keep it separated from the rest.  I make sure to open the curtains every day so they get plenty of light and do not overwater them.

I found this image on Facebook a while back. I thought it was cute.