KateP's musings

  I Just remembered that my friend and foster cousin Gregs Birthday was yesterday.   My aunt Bernie and uncle Don became his foster parents when he was very young.    He became friends with Brother Bobs family and on some level My sister’s family.   To be honest I don’t see him in person but follow him on social media.    He is a local singer. My hope is to get work done today. You’re familiar with the pile of papers in my office.    If the day continues to be dreary, I can do it.      It's sunny.    I've cleared my desk and am now working on the files. It's late afternoon, and I've paused my cleaning. I still need to file more documents, but they won't be in order.   I think I misfiled my auto insurance packet Around 4 I went to DiBello’s Subs in Orange and got a RB sub with cheese, and tomatoes, and peppers and got two oatmeal cookies.   Of course, the sandwich hurt my tooth several times I used thos...

  I haven’t done much today. Been watching TV and texting my friends.   The Marathon on Lifetime has been from season six and have seen these episodes like the others a billion times, some I liked and some I didn’t. Someone came out of hiding again.     He is currently sleeping on the recliner.    He hid for hours yesterday, which made me anxious. Especially since he hacked a couple times yesterday . I managed to hang my clothes, wash dishes, clean the shower and kitchen drains, and tidy up part of the bathroom.    I called Laura, and we scheduled dinner tomorrow at Texas Roadhouse.   We also talked about our day and talked about having brunch this month as a meetup. I have to make sure the house is cleaned before tomorrow afternoon       

  It’s a quiet morning, partly cloudy and is staying like this until Midnight.   I have been   up since 7 and have had my coffee.   Sent my morning texts.   They seem fine. Jim called me last night; we spoke briefly, and he said I sounded terrible.   Although I was coughing a bit, I didn't feel bad.   We discussed our New Year's Eve plans.    They're going to dinner, just as I did with my parents when I was younger.   Jim asked if Mom enjoyed them and I couldn’t answer him Just before 10 I started vacuuming and washing dishes.   I am going to have to get the dishwasher fixed.   Water is accumulating at the base of the machine.   I don’t want to spend a lot of money on it.   I guess I will do it after the taxes are paid People are replying about tonight's party, and Lisa has cancelled due to the snow. I am not sure How many are left. I stopped cleaning around 11.   I'll rest for a few hours so I'm not tire...

  It's nearly 10am, and I've been up for a few hours.    I fed Sky and spoke with Laura.    I'm feeling better, but my sister suggested I take another Covid test to make sure I'm comfortable going out tomorrow night. Been watching TV after resetting the box.   The issue has been resolved; it is now functioning properly.   It's getting dull.    I believe it's time for me to do some cleaning. In the mid-afternoon, I visited CVS to take a COVID test and received a negative result by 2 p.m.   I texted the group and told Liz I still have symptoms, but no runny nose or cough. I plan to go tomorrow night. We had dinner around 4:30 and I got into my pajamas.   Sky slept     beside me for a while but now he is on top of the recliner and I put a load of laundry in.   I just made some tea and I am ready for bed

  It's Sunday morning, and I needed to clean the bathroom. After taking a shower, I ended up making a big mess. I even washed the litter mat, and I hope the litter that may have been in doesn’t clog the system up I am hoping to get the house cleaned and do the grocery shopping I tried to add a picture to this blog but couldn't.      Using a QR scan to log on is time-consuming. I don't have time for that. I did vacuum the LivingrooCm and able to clean out the canister part and now the air power in the hose is back to normal For dinner I made buttered noodles and refrigerated the rest. It didn’t take long to make and even shorter to eat. I Heard from my sister today and she sort of accused me giving her a cold.   She wondered when my symptoms started and hoped I hadn't given her COVID.   She'll update me tonight. She requested COVID tests and non-alcoholic Robitussin. I talked with Laura G tonight we talked about families, Health, and Holidays. ...

  I made a few phone calls and answered some calls too.   I also tried to access my patient portal at my pcp and was having problems.    I submitted a message indicating that each time I select the tabs, I am redirected to the login page.   I mentioned it's frustrating and if the site isn't fixed, I'll find another doctor I had emailed my cousin Donna about another matter and told her I have Covid.   She asked me if I was given antibiotics and I explained it too far into the time they couldn’t give it to me and the more I think   I am missing something and I am trying to access the information I called Mama Roberta, and we spoke about our holidays and we talked about how I had covid and of course the latest edition of how Liz pissed me off. Neighbor Don texted and called me; he said he'll move my car when he gets home. A major storm with up to 8 inches is expected, so we're staying in. It has been getting cloudy for about an hour now.  ...

      I am having a slow morning (as usual).   I spent the night on the couch.   I woke up and completed my morning routine. I Went back for a short time until the NCIS marathons started. My plans for today are the same as every Saturday.   The tasks are to clean the house, go grocery shopping, and search for shoes.    I didn’t get all that done yesterday.   A 20-minute gym workout is planned for later. Yesterday, I went to Target and purchased some items. I got two workout outfits, and some other stuff.    One of them was the Lumi body spray.   I hope I won’t be sorry.   I read a negative product review. I also had lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings.   It was their southwest Chicken sandwich , and fries, and soda.   It came to $15. Their lunch special.   It tasted great, but the breading and heat irritated my sensitive gums.    I tried to gargle later but it wasn’t working.   Everything I...

    Our plans for yesterday afternoon changed by lunchtime.  Janis came home from WW at that point and we decided to have a snack (unhealthy lunch LOL) and decided to go to the Allentown Art Museum ,  Where there were two exhibitions of interest The Art for Church and Home that included a tiffany window that had a small light show .  There was a quilt exhibition that we never made it to.  Both Jim and my energy level were waning.  We decided to come home.  Neither of us went to the gym or washed the car yet.    We stopped to get iced coffee and then returned home to have a mid-afternoon snack.   We made plans for dinner.  Left over lasagna and salad.  Janis and I made plans to go to Aldi to get salad fixing after we had some quiet time.  It was also just about then the so called “storm” was starting.  It was a light rain but no Thunder or lightening. Sunshine was short-lived, as clouds came back by 7...

      My trip down yesterday was nice.   I made a few stops before reaching the highway.   Gillion called me while I was at the bank and comparing routes and traffic levels.      I got on with little to no problem.   I stopped in Fairfield as traffic began to get heavier but was still moving.    A deer was visible in the middle of the day.   I appreciated that the deer remained safely away from the traffic. I do not recall the exact time I arrived at Governor Cuomo's bridge, but the ride proceeded at a steady pace despite occasional periods when the speed seemed inconsistent.   It was around lunchtime that I stopped for rest break in Pompton Lake.   I had lunch at a Wendy’s and another check in call from Gillion.   It made me feel good.   It was shortly after that I checked in with Laura in Old Saybrook.   She told me about the state dinner party she went to and how much she enjoyed it. Approx...

  Good morning! It’s almost ten and it’s 77 degrees and cloudy.   We are supposed to get rain later this afternoon.   I hope its after I get home from Lunch and grocery shopping. As the title of this essay (sue me) indicates, the first week of my two-week vacation is done.   I still have one more and I am looking forward to it.   A part of me got stuff done and as I sit here, I think could I have done more?   Probably, but I keep procrastinating. Tomorrow, I am helping with ticket sales for the Ladies Guild Dinner on Tuesday. There was supposed to be the Milford Walk Challenge, but I didn’t sign up for that.   Besides I haven’t been walking regularly to be in shape.   Monday, nothing planned.   A couple of doctor appointments, lab work, meetup, and a picnic next week. Things are a little busy around the complex.   There have been a few trucks for      neighbors’ grocery deliveries.   Landscaping crew is trimmi...

  This seems to happen all the time.   Some days are slow as molasses while some days fly by.   Today is one of those days. This morning after I did my text messages for the morning and watched a little tv.   Fed the furball and then went to Honda place and got my car serviced.   I ended up only getting the oil change.   The other item (noise that sounds like a propeller) is an all day service call.   I must find another day to do it.   I hope to get it done while on vacation I was out of there as expected by 10:30.   I came home and then went to My sister’s.   She asked me to go with her to Wal-Mart in Stratford, to get new lens in her a few of her frames.   I think it took about an hour and a half. During that time, we chatted about things.   The optician who had been waiting on her and various stories of the family friends and plans to have dinner at a Thai Restaurant back in Woodmont. I think it was nearly 12 when...

  Last week the New England Chapter of the Linden Hall Alumnae had an informative chat with the Dean of Academics at Linden Hall School.  He shared about the classes the students are currently taking that include lots of college classes and others that interest them that are currently not being offered and they and they have made arrangements to get it done.   I found that interesting but something that concerned me was Katherine’s comment that we are still not getting enough people to join the New England chapter.  She is afraid we may not be continuing and that would be terrible.   This kickstarted me to contact Denise B from class of 1982 and see if she would be interested in helping the chapter.  I am not sure if she is though and maybe it will kickstart me into maybe contacting others in the state. A few days later we received  a thank you  from the school for sponsoring Mt Gretna day.  I was unable to Contribute but there appa...

  Wednesday was crazy. First I was beating myself up for sending emails to the wrong people regarding some of the mail.  When it was time to leave for the day, I left here hoping to get to the Bank and realized it was already closed. So I went to the highway,  unfortunately I made some wrong turns and ended up getting on at Long wharf.  I did stop for gas on the way into Guilford. I was early to Shoreline diner and settled in and had some tea.  Subsequently the others joined.  THere were about 12 or 15 of us.  We all got something different and had great conversations.  I got some advice regarding vacuum cleaners (recommended by the Petsitter who ended up coming for a short time). We all left by 8:30 and headed home.  I usually call Mama but the phone had a low battery and I didn’t want to deal with that.   WHen I got home I looked at the link and ordered the vacuum cleaner.   IT should be here Monday.  I hope I won’t be disapp...

  This may be short as I am so tired.   After posting yesterday’s entry at 5 in the morning I went to sleep.    The cats were in a huff about that. We did our regular routine then went back to bed.   I woke up again around 8. I downed about 4 cups of coffee before my sister came over at noon.   I spent the time watching TV, picking up here and there and then showered. When Liz arrived, Tiger hurriedly headed to my room and sat under the bed while I found Sky under the blankets for the second time this weekend.   It was 80 degrees but I didn’t have the AC on but the fan. When she said down she said she was in a mood.   I laughingly said well if that’s the case go home. I wasn’t cranky but I was exhausted.   We never gave into the threats. We spent the next 4 hours talking about stuff.   We discussed how much we enjoyed the ghost/spirit walk Friday night.   My feet died by the end of the tour but I had the wrong shoes on. ...

  So did you all turn your clocks back?   I got up at 5:30 this morning to feed the cats and started to.   The first one was the stove and microwave. I have to change the one on the radio upstairs and the clock above the sink.   Over the years my family and I would either do it before we went to bed, or in the morning we would take the time out to do it.   Every time we did it I would think “well what time is it really?” and of course I noticed how it got dark earlier at night and how early the sun came up.   Sunrise isn’t for another thirteen minutes but it is starting to get light out.   I was just reading this article from Reader’s digest about states opting out and what happens when we stop doing the changing of the clocks.   One thing the article says that crime goes down when we have Daylight savings time.   I don’t agree.   I think it can stay the same.   I am not sure if I want to stop the Daylight savings to stop. ...

  Today is my Birthday.  For years I think about my birthdays sometimes months in advance and think about what is going on in my life, where I am living, what my health is going to be like and eventually closer to death.  In the past it would  wake me up in the middle of the night hyperventilating.  I didn’t do it this year.  I just went to bed tired. Last Night and today I have been receiving lots of Birthday wishes, via FB, email, Messenger.  Makes me feel good.  Dave and I will have our annual Birthday dinner on Wednesday.  Junior and the kids stopped by with cupcakes that some of us ate right up. Yesterday I went to the open house for this condo at Noon with Liz.  It met with mixed reactions.  I didn’t like the mailboxes that were out (they looked beat up), Liz thought the outside was tired.  The views of LI Sound were beautiful. Large Living room small kitchen new appliances, parking is out back and has a door for it....

  Well when we last met I discussed the past week’s activities and the plans for yesterday I went to meet with Alex for our second to last session (Tuesday will be the final one) he tells me I still have two more weeks I can do the classes.   He will also be discussing with the gym manager about allowing me to “cash in” if you will my points that I have collected over the years and possibly get two months of free classes.   In the mean time I will attend class until the end of the month.   I told him all the things I ate this week (well except the brownie) and why I hadn’t made it to the gym.   We discussed grocery budgets and the best foods.   He did say to have rice but not the minute rice but uncle Bens.   We discussed what would be good and just what to do with diet and the choices. After wards I headed home.   I still had about an hour or so before Liz came over.   We talked earlier via text.   She needed to come later (and I ...