Just Day to Day

Thursday, October 1, 2026

10/2026 - Thursday the 1st - MY JOURNEY

Today's Name Day: Ragnar , Ragna

I have known one person named Ragnar. Good Swedish name.

Today was a so-so day. I was awake until 4am. Then I finally fell asleep. Just was not tired. No rain until this late morning. I have had around 2.14" in rain. LBK is 0.73". In part of McPherson County & Marion County are under an emergency flood warning. Super heavy rain there.

My car port is a mess! Acorn parts & leaves everywhere. I swept it off. I can walk to the car with clean shoes.

Last night my heater started making a weird sound. Scratching or rattling. The cats froze in the hallway & all of them looked at ME!!! Like I have a clue!!! I turned it off. Retried it at noon today. HA! Like it would heal itself. Finally called my company that I always use, Cannot come out today. Too muddy!!!! Will try tomorrow or wait until monday. See what happens. Monday would be less muddy. I have stuff to move out of the way. And gather my cats. Cinder will go hide in the kitchen. Hope the other two are in our bedroom. I can sit in there with them so they stay there. Wanna take bets on whether I need an entire new unit? My bet is I do. Like I can afford that. Damn.

Had one email & after I wrote to MM he answered back. Quiet day. I am sure the cats are sick of me talking to them.

I put a cat toy in the hallway. It has a couple of balls in it to make them go around the toy. I watched Daisy. As she walks by she will hit one ball or two. That is as playful as she gets.

I put away my muslim blankets & took out a warmer one. Good move. Very cool nights coming. See if the cats snuggle with me!!!

Supper time. Need groceries. Maybe saturday morning. Or have JR run in for me for just some meat.

Daisy cleaning foot;

Kisse in the new bed.

Nico & Cinder. Besties.

Me & Sorion!

LBK.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

9/2026 - Wednesday the 30th - MY JOURNEY

Today's Name Day: Helge

I have known several Helgas. One in my nurse classes. We were sort of friends. And she died young. Sad. At the hospital I had several friends I thought I was close to. Ha. I resigned & never heard from any of them again. I tried but they no longer cared about me. I no longer try to make friends.

Today was ok. I listened to the weather reports & believed them. It did rain all day but not as much as they hinted at. But I was worried. If it rained hard while at work I might not get back home. I know exactly how bad the drive can be. When we first lived here I thought of going to town. But the water was far out of the creek. Later when it went down I checked it again. There was an extra large log laying there under the water. Could have damaged all sorts of things under my car. I was watching the water flow over the drive one other time & the hugest turtle I have ever seen was in the water & flowed over the drive. His rear end was on one side of the drive & his head on the other. HUGE. Yikes!!!

Had a couple of emails. And think I forgot one blog to share. So if you read one twice, it was my error. Talk about brain fog.

This afternoon a line of storms formed & went on for 6 hours or so. There was at least 10 or 20 tornados. They all were south & west of here. Mostly hit open areas & not in towns & homes. CH 12 was live so as they talked new storms were forming. Interesting. The tornadoes did not stay on the ground long. More rain is forecast with big chances of floods. I am home all day tomorrow

I bought a second cat bed. And what a shock last evening to go in our bedroom & there is a cat in the new bed. Not Daisy but Kisse. Cinder stays hidden but got better today. I gave her extra attention. We will all be ok. I hope. My older cats do not think Daisy's extra energy is cute or fun. Sorry. I don't either when she attacks my feet & legs.

I should have been at work as there was a ceremony concerning something. Sorry I missed it but it would have not been done until 7pm. No way I could stay in town that late. I am sure no one understands. A quien le importa.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

9/2026 - Tuesday the 29th - MY JOURNEY

Today's Name Day: Mikael , Mikaela

Special day. It is grandson Mikael's name day. I even sent him a card for it. And being national coffee day made it more special for him too. I did good!!!

Today was an ok day. Rainy today. Nice!! And no worries about Daisy. I had 2 large boxes of mail & she tried to escape when I went out to open. No way. Rainy!! She would have got under the house. Awful!!

Only one text. Quiet day. I am used to it. But tonight I got a phone call from JR who lives in NY. Miss her. Glad we have reconnected. Talked for almost 2 hours.

Rain supposed to start later & last all night & day. Will watch & see how close it gets to my driveway. Had an inch today. Very nice. If it looks like it is getting full I am staying home. If it would flood while I am at work I might not get home.

My blood sugar is still a mess. Runs low too often. I was running out of things to eat but have cinnamon rolls now. That will help. No cookies left here at home.

Stayed cool all day & night. Nice sleeping.

Got another cat bed. They have been have been missing most of tonight. At one point Kisse came tearing across me on the sofa followed by Daisy!! Hope someone likes the new bed.

Time for bed. Hoping for more rain.