07 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    Yay!!!  I  slept all night!!  Feel so much better.  Took a pill & kept the house cool.  Sure helps!  Took a short nap too.

    Far too hot.  Hotter than yesterday.  Our temps were 96.4F & 65.8F.  Hate it.  And if the moths were not bad enough, I saw the first june bug.  They are just evil.  I have a big fear of  one getting in my hair.  Will keep the porch dark.  For my safety.

    When I got home tonight there was a turkey vulture on my light pole.  Good to see him.  Anytime Nico & I are outside during the day several of them fly over checking on us.  Cool.  Hoping we are dead???

    JR & I went to Pizza Hut for supper.  My grandson CF met us there.  I added our photo tonight!  Great to see him.  Must do it more often.  Good to hear he has a girlfriend again.  Novia in spanish.  Love the pizza.  Our fave waitress is home now.  See her in a couple of months when she comes back to college.

    Photos tonight are mostly from Sweden.  Just in a Swedish mood.  I would do almost anything to return to Sweden.  It is home.  I miss being there deep in my heart.  Town of Järvsö.  Love it there.  My great grandmother is from that area.  Still havw relatives there.  Love the church there.  Great to visit & attend.  Moving.  One thing I really miss not having here is their ice cream.  Hundreds of times better than any here.  They use no chemicals.  And the second thing is lighting a candle for whoever or whatever you want.  I want to do that sometimes.

                        

 

06 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    I really did not have a good night.  Not sure why.  I could not sleep.  Fur kids cuddled with me but did not help.  My mind was on overdrive!!!  Took a nice long nap today.  Taking an anxiety pill tonight at bedtime.  And I started hurting in a couple of places.  Then today I was ok.  Now the pains are back.

    Cinder seems to be staying in the house more often.  Maybe she dislikes hot weather too!!  Today was awful.  I never got comfy last night.  That probably kept me awake.  Too hot.  Today I saw 94.5F.  Far too early to be so hot.  Last night was 67.5F.  I was too warm.  Ordered a summer blanket that arrives tomorrow.  Says it is cooling.  That will help.

    After a whopping 90 minute sleep this morning, I drove to Salina to get groceries.  Nice to have what I need.  I think every saturday is perfect to shop.  I usually have nothing to do then.

    I forgot.  I had a video chat with JS & SM last night.  SM had been in the clinic yesterday.  He is doing ok  JS has a cold.  Not feeling good.  Chatted briefly today.

    This weekend was the Millfest at the Old Mill.  Once a year they turn the mill on so people can see how it worked.  On friday they had 500 kids come in to take part in activities.  My boss is exhausted!!  I can imagine!

    I spent a lot of time tonight adding photos to my genealogy records.  So nice to see faces!!  Of my fave aunts & uncles & some cousins.  Just fun.

    Photos are nothing special.  In one photo you may notice a man in a kilt.  I do not know him but he lives in town.  Glad I got a photo.  Cool!

                    

 

                

05 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    Today is Cinco de mayo.  It is a yearly celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza.  I have not celebrated today.  No fun alone.  But I am having some tequila in a few minutes.

    Too hot today.  And worse to come.  We hit 86.2F today.  Our low was 61.2F.  Too warm all night.  Might have to lower my AC.

    I had an appointment with my financial this afternoon.  He is the best.  All is well.  He has a great personality.  And he treats me like I am special.  I certainly not special but it is nice to feel like I am once a year.  His client before me was a friend's daughter.  She & I had a great visit.  They both were so nice to me.  Soooooo.  Why do I not have friends then?  What have I done wrong?  I try to be friendly when I see someone I know.  I try to never hurt anyone.  But still I have no friends.  And the ones I have no longer live here.  And there is no one to take their place.  Makes me so sad.  Loneliness is just awful.  The worst.  Fui feliz. 

    JR & I had supper at Jalisco's.  MA's parents are here from Mexico.  Great to see them!  His dad just had to be my friend on FB because his wife is!  Sweet.  Does he ever write?  No, but that is ok.  Nice people.

    Jalisco's did the food for a wedding party tonite.  Wedding is probably tomorrow.  I have never seen that much food leave the restaurant before.  One of the waiters has gone back to Mexico.  I will miss him.  So only MA could take orders or money.  He was running.  Tons of other to go orders too.  He really needs another waiter.  See if he gets one that will stay.  One can hope.

    MA was so busy he never asked if JR & I wanted our normal dessert.  So we drove over to Dollar General ---- or better known in town as Dala General ---- & had ice cream bars.  Plan to do that more often.  Mine was vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate in the shape of Mickey Mouse.  I am sharing a photo!!

    Photos are a mix of things.

                        

     

    

04 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    I took another Jammie Day.  Not sick, just lazy!!  And I swear I got hardly any sleep last night.  I know I dozed a bit now & then but no sleep.

    I saw lightning around 5am.  Of course, no rain.  I watched the radar.  A line of showers approached here.  When it got to my farm, it split & went all around us.  And they forecast severe weather tonight & there is nothing.  Our drought got worse here.  They have the map color coded.  We are one color worse.  No bueno.

    I rarely add a friend that I do not know.  But sometimes we have mutual friends.  So I added a friend of an artist friend.  What a mistake.  A man.  Constant text messages.  Lots of personal questions.  Answered few.  Had enough today.  Blocked him.  Sheesh.

    But I have been friends with a sweet young man in Bangladesh.  We have chatted for several years.  He calls me Mom.  Maybe a term of respect there.  His mother is fine.  He is on FB too.  He is just nice.  And never asked me for anything except friendship.

    It got hot today.  High was 81.5F.  Thankfully no humidity.  Our low was 57.2F.  Too warm.  Had the AC on all night.  Hotter weather coming.  Oh joy.

    Busy tomorrow.  No jammies!!!  I could but people would stare!!

    Been outside with Nico & Cinder a couple of times.

    Watching a tv show on WWII in Japan.  That is where Dad was.  Interesting.  And awful time in history.  Show is about abandoned places.  Always interesting.

    Photos are a mix again.  Did not take them all.  Nothing special.

                    

03 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    Today was a Jammie Day.  I did not go to work today.  Still feeling off from supper last night.  But better by supper tonight.  I hate to miss work.  Really now that I am doing photos from Lindsborg.  Those are fun!  People & places I know!

    Nice weather today. High was 79.9F with a low of 33.8F.  House got too warm so I turned on the AC.  Livable now.

    Spent time outside with Nico & Cinder.  Just pleasant.  Helps not to have high humidity & gale force winds.  But to get some rain, we need high humidity.

    I took some photos of plants & kids.  In the crack in the concrete is a tiny plant that is usually 10'' tall with flowers.  This one is 2'' tall with the tiniest flower.  I got a photo of it.  Sharing today.  The gravel is bigger than the flower.

    With the writers/producers strike in Hollywood it sure will change what one can see on TV.  All late night talk shows are gone.  I miss one in particular.  My daytime soaps are still on.  They film ahead which helps, but they think some might make it.  One can hope.  I rarely watch the usual network evening shows.  I gave up on them during the pandemic.  And do not like them now.  All the same.  I find other shows.  Even some where I can learn something.  Or movies.

    Tried to call JS but no answer.  Maybe sleeping.  Wanted to get info on SM.  Saw he was at the doctor.  Try again tomorrow.

    Photos are a mix of ones I have taken or edited.  The first is my tiny flower.

                        

02 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    Just a quiet day.  Had a little trouble sleeping last night.  Willie was on my mind.  Kept me awake.  We should have had time to just enjoy life. 

    Nice weather today.  High was 71F & low was 36F.  No wind.  Change is coming.  More breeze.  Maybe rain.

    Nico & I took a nice nap.  He has a habit of waking me halfway through but not today.  Nice.

    Then I forced myself to shampoo my hair.  It went good.  And dried easy.  Soon to have my hair colored.

    I have a dress I thought was so cute in the catalogue but when I got it I hated it.  But today I have it on.  Comfy but sure glad I have no close neighbours!!  Or anyone coming to the door!!  Awful!

    Supper is not sitting good on my tummy.  Hope it just goes away.  I ate something that should not have bothered me but it sure has.  Will donate it to the wild life here.  Not Nico.

    Photos are mostly ones I have taken or ones I have edited.  Summer flowers.

                

01 may, 2023 Wandering & Capturing Moments

    May is finally here.  Closer to winter!!   Warm today - 71F but 32F last night.  No breeze at all.  Nice outside.  Sat out with Nico & Cinder this evening.  Very pleasant.

    Slept ok last night.  Cinder was extra snuggly.  Wonder why?  She was the other night also.  Very nice.

    Nico went to the animal hospital this afternoon to have his nails clipped.  I was way late to have them done!!  He minds so good there.  Why not at home??

    Then JR & I had pizza at Pizza Hut.  It was extra good tonight.  Different crust & lots of cheese.  We did have one very funny moment.  I unrolled my napkin to get my fork.  But to my surprise I had no fork but 4 knives!  What a hoot!  Our waiter thought he had given us silverware which he did.  But someone had just one job to do.......  He was glad we laughed.  He said some people would not have laughed.  Then glad it happened to us.  There is a photo to show them later!  Made my day!

    Got home & put Nico & Cinder out.  They did not have a lot of energy to play.  Probably too warm.  But the liked to see each other.

    I have trash pick up tomorrow.  I carried out 5 bags full.  Only one was heavy.  No problem.  I rested outside between loads & after I was done.

    House got too warm.  AC on now.  Feeling better.  Could not sleep at night if it was this warm.  Cold is better.

    Our world is such a mess.  Five killed in Texas, 6 bodies found in Oklahoma, dust storm with deaths, tornados, & what next?  I am grateful for calmness here.

    Photos are all about May Day.  Silverware.