25 august, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

National Dog Day

Show your pup some extra love on National Dog Day - take them to the park, spoil them with treats, and give them lots of cuddles! 

   Nico got an extra long nap & a cinnamon roll for supper.  Only a few bites.

    Another sleepless night.  Partly because of Cinder having to be close but also because of Nico.  He was up every hour!!  Sheesh.  I would just about be asleep & he would tap on my leg,  Again.

    Cinder stayed out part of the night enjoying the cool air & rain.  It rained off & on but did not get much.  Just nice.  Last chance for the next 10 days of so.  The drought is back on. 

    Today our temp was only in the 70s.  Awesome!!  Wish is would last, but the dome of heat returns next weekend.  Oh joy.

    Jalisco's is still closed as far as I know.  Not seen anything else.

    I am so lucky to have the Travel Channel to watch instead of the networks & their game/reality shows.  I just find them so stupid.  I also can watch movies from Amazon Prime & other places.

    Lonely day.  Mostly heard from CF's girlfriend.  Cool she texts so often & sends photos.  Sure helps.

                                

    

18 august, 2022 Wandering

    What a great weather day.  And the forecast shows little over 90F.  Rain, of course, is absent at least for us here.  A friend who farms across the road from us was in his wheat field working the ground.  It looked more like a sandstorm in the Sahara.  Very sad.

    I slept well with little pain.  Takes lots of pain cream though but it is worth it.  But today I have one finger that has ached all day.  And still is hurting.  It looks normal but hurts.  Odd.

    There was an article on FB of the 40 worst things you can eat.  That was 40 pages telling you that if it tastes good it is bad.  What is left is grass in my yard.  Great.  Moderation is better & to have a happy, enjoyable life.

    Had a hair app't today.  I am liking getting my hair done weekly.  I look lots better.  And I feel better.  And he always gives me a hug.

    Took a short nap when I got home.  Like to cuddle with Nico.  Since then he has driven me borderline crazy.  He constantly wants something.  I have yet to know what.  He has had plenty to eat & been outside 4 times.  Who knows.

    JS video chatted with me last night.  We had a long chat.  Does not happen often enough.  But he is busy & has a life that does not include me all the time.  As it should be.

    I have struggled with something the last 2 weeks.  And found I was talking to a wall or fence post.  Yesterday I decided I was done.  I feel so much better.  When you thought you had a close friend but then realise you never really did.  I am worth more than I was getting.  Sometimes alone is best.  No one can hurt you then. 

    Photos are a mix of edited ones.  Nothing too great.  One is a bug on my mailbox today.

                        

                    

10 august, 2022 Wandering

    Nice & quiet day.  Bed felt comfy.  Good way to start the day.  I always get up too early when I have somewhere to be.  Will change next week.  A few more minutes of sleep is always nice.

    Back at the Old Mill today.  Oh, I have missed being there!!  And somehow I managed to sign on without help.  That was a first!!  Maybe a break was a good thing.

    I worked on 2 schools today --- Hilton & Kentuck.  I know no one from Hilton but I recognized several kids at Kentuck.  One was a professor at our college.  He was the cutest, sweetest looking 6 year old ever!  I had a cousin who went there.  She did not look like herself.  Sweet lady who is no longer here with us.  Another group of kids all had the same last name.  I am sure we are related some way but at this moment I cannot say how.  Love the old photos, little kids, & old cars.

    After work JR, PM, & I ate at Jalisco's.  CT has a way of sort of yelling HEY while he cooks.  No idea why.  We got there & the kitchen was quiet.  So I asked if he was working.  He was.  I told MA maybe I should go wake him up!!  He was washing dishes & I surprised him with a couple of HEYS!  He did not expect that at all!  He laughed & had to shake my hand.  I smiled all through my meal.  JS was in a good mood until they got busy.  MA & I talked about my spanish lessons.  Scary they are going good right now.

    Sat out tonight with Nico & Cinder.  Those two had to be all buddy while Cinder rubbed on me.  Super nice moment.  Nice to have a cool evening.

    No weather report.  I get it wrong too often.  Does not matter.  Kansas -- August -- hot -- dry!  What's to report.

    Photos today are from the Prairie.

    The sheep are a friend's, the goats are neighbour's, & the cows are ours.

    The party sign is a couple of years old.  Forgot what it was for.  I do know that I was not invited.  One quickly finds out as a single woman, there are no invitations to party or holiday whether from friends or family.  Rather glad I do not have to worry about weddings or graduations!! Great!  Holidays are a bit sad.  Sure miss my parents.  And Willie.

                        

                        

08 august, 2022 Wandering

    Slept ok with little pain.  Nico was nice & mellow.  THEN.  I had trash to gather & for whatever reason, that pushed all his buttons!!!  Came back in from dragging a heavy bag outside & Nico just refused to let me sit for 5 minutes.  Earlier he dumped a new container of cat food.  What a mess.  Now he got into wet cat food.  At least it does not run all over.  I blocked the kitchen & that is driving him crazy.  Too bad.  I am about to get the baby gate to block the kitchen.  I have more trash to gather if I feel up to it.

    I was scheduled to work at the SVAFC one day soon.  Got called about that day & due to illness there is a second day open.  I said I would gladly take it.  The boss was shocked!!  Two days from 1-5pm.  Great!  I love to be there.  And my favorite artist is opening & closing for me.  He is the best!!  And has started eating at Jalisco's.  Nice to see him & chat.

    Love the weather.  It was 68F last night & 87F today.  Oh, if it could just last.  But in a couple of days the Dome of Heat returns.

    Friends just got home from 2 weeks in Scandinavia.  I had planned to travel often but that sure has not worked out for me.  I really cannot travel alone anymore.  No way I can walk up to an airport, through said airport, to my gate.  And then repeat when I get where ever.  My back is crap.  And one knee is also.  Hurts more than it feels normal.  When I was younger apparently no doctor took me seriously.  No one helped.  A chiropractor helped for a while be eventually it did not help.  Acupuncture sort of helped.  But Covid hit & now she has moved.  If there was just one person to help me travel but there is no one.  I would gladly pay their way.  No family is there for me.  Grandsons work & one has 3 kids.  No friend or friends who would go anywhere with me.  The one who might travel with me works too many hours.  Years ago there were friends that we went places together but those times ended for whatever reason.  Sure it is my fault.  No husband.  My brother most likely cannot get a plane ticket or passport.  So, here I am.  I may go not so far.  Just to get away.  Sometimes being alone in a different place is better.  Enough whining.  Few care so I should try harder to be quiet.

    Finally, Nico is sleeping.  Whew!  Kisse is so good.  So is Cinder.  Nico & I are too much alike I think!!

    Photos are old ones.  I did not take them all.

                        

                    

    

29 july, 2022 Wandering

    I had a quiet day.  Nothing special here at home.  Slept well until early morning when I developed severe right hip pain.  Why??  It got better but when I got to Jalisco's it hurt again.  Then went away.  😲

    Nico was actually good today.  I am grateful after yesterday.  Grrrr.

    I watched a huge area of thunderstorms headed our way all night.  What a fool I am!  Never got close & nary a drop of rain.  It did rain where it was desperately needed though.  When they said this rainy period was coming they had us in the 3-5" area of rain by the weekend's end.  Now we are in the half inch area, if we are lucky.  I knew it was too good to be true.  I would be happy if it stayed cool with a nice breeze to blow all the bugs away.  Far away.

    JR, PM, & I met for supper at Jalisco's.  They were busy early.  Probably because there is a play in the park & people were eating before going to find a seat.

    In the middle of our time in there I saw MA & JS gather to talk.  And exchange orders.  A gentleman came in for a takeout order & paid for several tables of people eating.  What a wonderful thing to do!  Very cool!!  Made my day!!!  I would love to do that.  What a great feeling it would be.

    Before leaving I saw 3 ladies eating together.  One I see on FB daily but rarely in person.  The second one I know.  The third one I took spanish from.  All nice.  What lucky ladies.  They were talking & laughing enjoying each other.  Be so great to have some lady friends to see weekly doing things.  There are many little groups of ladies in town but I am not nor have I ever been part of any of them.  But not my place in life.  I am turning more & more into a hermit as time goes on.

    It is interesting to see who actually reads my blog.  There are a couple of people who always like my photos.  But if I had written I had my leg cut off (joke) they would not know to make a comment.  Interesting.  But people who do not live here maybe only look at my photos too.  And I write my blog for me.  It does me good.  And helps me to think only in the positive --- most of the time.

    Nico thinks it is cookie time.  Ha.  Not until my blog is written.  And maybe my spanish lesson done.

    Photos are of the prairie & the Smoky Hill Cemetery.

                            

                    

28 july, 2022 Wandering

    A fairly good day.  Sleeping was a bit of a challenge, as usual.  But I did sleep some.  And a short nap.

    Nico is ok today.  Just a brat.  I think the older he gets his temper gets worse.  And his getting into things also.  Plus he stole a cinnamon roll & ate it all!!  There is one left that he will not get a bite from!

    We have rain forecast & even flooding.  Nothing here yet.  All sorts of stuff west & south of us.  Had a light shower over night.

    JR & I got worried about the flooding in Kentucky..  We have cousins there but luckily they are far to the west of the flooding.  The videos are so sad & scary.

    Since we stayed home last night with Nico a bit sick, tonight we ate at Jalisco's.  They were fairly busy.  Always good to see.  Not crowded enough to to put my mask on.

    On the way to town I saw  2 little deer in the pasture.  So sweet.  Early this morning I saw a large dark bird on top of a pole.  Not sure if it was a turkey vulture.  Not a crow.  Owl?  Not sure.

    Photos today are a mix.  The first ones are not mine.  The painting is of Ling Auditorium that was on our college campus until a fire destroyed it.  Painting is mine.  Painted by a good friend.  The photos after the painting are from Fairbury Nebraska.  I spent a weekend there.  Nice town.  In one photo you will notice there is another Jalisco Restaurant.  Owned by the same family as mine here.