Catching Up On The 'NET...

AND, HAD FISH WITH THAT...

Soooo GLAD that IT was *still* SUNNY Today!! - Even though I stay IN.

Finally had a CHANCE to catch-up of My CYBER-STUFF!! -- BILLS to PAY. E-Mails to Answer. STOCKS to check-up on... NEWS to Read! - I have NO Clue as to WHAT is "going on" right Now! - Not that I especially "Care" at the Moment, to be perfectly Honest...

With the EXCEPTION, of course, of...

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AVALANCHE-KID**!!

MEANWHILE,

"OPERATION: HAZEL" is beginning to wind down to more Manageable Levels now... I'm hoping to FIND Time to HIT-THE-HOOKS Tomorrow - AFTER - doing the *USUAL* SATURDAY-SHOP-FARI-ing.

nuts! -- I might have to be UP *Early* to get IT *all* DONE! ggrrrrrrrrr...

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Domestic-Day-"Parole"...

FOR ONCE, *I* WAS THE ONE WITH A "SCHEDULED"-APPOINTMENT...

Although, "LEAVING-THE-HOUSE" is often the *BIGGEST* Problem. As, there's always SOMETHING to Slow Us down...

okay. So. My "DOMESTIC"-Duties have just Slackened-OFF to a "Workable" degree since Yesterday. Certain Tasks have been *totally* Removed from The LIST! Whilst OTHERS are slowly being "returned" to Their Previous "OWNER" on a *Trial*-Basis...

However, there are the ODD-*SET-BACK*-Moments...

That,of course. Pop-Up just *when* I really don't have the "Time"! -- And THEN, in the midst of "Fixing" the SITUATION, the Phone *RINGS*!! -- [a RELATIVE, Who We haven't spoken with in AGES!]

-- for real, UNIVERSE?! - I *have* BUSES to CATCH!!

LONG-ESCAPE-PLAN-SHORT... After WALKING down the Road and, Taking THREE-BUSES, I arrived ON-TIME! Do My "BUSINESS", then head Back to THE MALL to Pick-Up Items that were "missed" Yesterday...

*NOTE* -- Those *PAPERLESS* PRESTO-Transit-Cards are a tad awkward for CASUAL-USERS as One has to TRY to read the SMALL "TIME-DISPLAY" to see and REMEMBER *What* is REMAINING of One's TRANSFER *TIME*!

I got LUCKY! -- When I finally LEFT THE MALL, My LAST BUS promptly ARRIVED with "5-MINUTES" LEFT!! -- IF, I had had a PAPER-TRANSFER, I *wouldn't* have felt sooooo RUSHED!?

..just saying...

MEANWHILE...

**CONGRATS** to FAIRY-T's Daughter on Achieving Her DOCTORATE!!

WOOHOO!!

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**ESCAPE** From "STEPFORD"...

ahh... BLISS!!

That Morning-Appointment went *quite* well, despite the TRAFFIC-probs.... As a Result, nearly 7-Hours of SOLO-SHOPPING was had in the Rapidly-WARMING-WEATHER!! -- The Majority, FOOD.

However, there *was* THIS *HOUR* at MICHAEL'S, mostly spent Soaking IN the COLOURS of "THE WALL-of-WOOL" in Their RE-arranged YARN SECTION! -- And, YES, I got some!! 



Got 5 of the NAVY and 4 of the TAUPE


At least 3-Different COUPONS were used to Break-IN the NEW-LITTLE-CASHIER-GIRL...

BTW, *THANKS, DAD* for Car-USE on *YOUR* BIRTHDAY!!

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oops! guess I dozed off..?

I FORGOT TO SEND A "POSTING" TWEET THIS MORNING LAST NIGHT... I woke up at 6-ish next to My LAPTOP. -- again...

Then again, that "6-ish" bit is good "practice", as THAT's when I'll have to be UP Tomorrow in order to make an Appointment "IN Time"! -- IT had better NOT be RAINING Out. AGAIN!

I had "hoped" to able to *may-BE* Squeeze a teeny-SHOP-EDITION into Today's "Schedule"..? Alas, "NO-JOY"! -- Too much WIND and Whacky-RAIN for My liking... ??PERHAPS?? Tomorrow..?? "After" that Appointment..? -- We'll see...

ANYHOO... HERE's "SOMETHING" to *LOOK AT* whilst I sort Myself OUT!

THIS is the BOUQUET that SISTER gave MOTHER before They left... Those LILIES are *really* Strong!!

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no. it's okay. I really *didn't* NEED to get those 2 Extra Hours of **SLEEP**.

ACTUALLY, I REALLY PROBABLY *SHOULDN'T* BE B*TCH-FESTING... as What I DID get, was most likely MORE than what *SOMEONE ELSE* GOT!? -- I miss My "Vamp"-Hours...

 

Anyhoo... The Day was froth with...

• The odd "Comings & Goings".
• Cleaning.
• "Cooking".
• Appointment-Making-Phone-TAG!
• - oh! hey! Got to READ the Newspaper!! eventually...
• Cooking.
• Interspersed with MANY bouts of "What-I-Can't-Mention"...
• The occassional CYBER-MOMENT...
• Cleaning.
• *COOKING*!! -- EVERYONE "Survived... whew!
• My BACK is *Killing* Me right now!
• Laundry.
• NO Time to "Continue" THIS...

 

 

 

• I need to bring some more Paper-Towel Rolls Upstairs...
• hmm... I wonder "What's COOKING!"?

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And, on the DAY SEVEN... IT was "mostly" **SUNNY**!!!

THANK THE WEATHER CHANNEL!! -- After *over* THREE-DAYS of GREY and DRIZZLE, I was about to "Lose IT"! -- Ooo.. And, IT'S WARM, too! YAY!

Almost EVERYONE on the STREET was Out doing "YARD-WORK" in prep for Waste-Pickup Tomorrow. Whilst I, was INside dealing with being "DOMESTIC"-Day-Two... Hey. I could've been at the "ALL-DAY-FREE-or-SWAP-STUFF" Event over in VANIER!! -- Then again, I have NO Room for ANYthing and, PARKING is somewhat of a *PAIN*!

Anyhoo... so. *NOTE* - I am *NOT* particularly "known" for My CULINARY-"SKILLS"...

oh, sure, I can Cut-Up & TOSS a pretty mean SALAD. Palette some SPREAD across BREAD. And, even wield a wicked ROLLING-PIN! -- However, unless I *have* to FEED Myself, I generally stay OUT of a KITCHEN!

Although, I can do a rather awesome Job on "PLACE-SETTINGS"! -- Afterall, I *do* have the DISHES *and* PLATTERS!

whatever... The "POINT" -- For the Last couple of Days, I have been "Field-Promoted" to HEAD-CHEF-and-BOTTLE-WASHER! -- I'm not at Liberty to Say "WHY", but just, that I AM! And, "so far" NO-ONE has been "Poisoned" and/or "Starved"! -- yet...

Mind You, My BACK is *KILLING* Me! My Hands are a *mess*! And, I *haven't* PLAYED with YARN since THURSDAY! - My FINGERS are getting *Antsy*! Not to mention, MANAGER-DAVE had previously *hinted* of "NEW YARN" coming *IN* THIS Week..?! -- I'm on "HOOKS & NEEDLES" over THAT Prospect!!

MEANWHILE, in Other NEWS... SISTER and BIG-D have Safely RETURNED Home! Back to Their FLOWERS and FELINES!

AND, there's STILL tons of STUFF that She *DIDN'T* bring Back!! - crap.

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There's a *REASON* WHY I'm soooo NOT the "DOMESTIC"-Type...

...IT'S #$%&*^&%^#$ HARD **WORK**!! -- yeah. I know... - "..like, DUH!!.."

Anyhoo, LONG-"T.M.I."-SHORT... Recent and, hopefully "Temporary" Circumstances, have thrust Me into "CINDERELLA"-Mode -- MINUS the Glitzy-Fragile-FOOTWARE and "Hot-DATE"!! And, one of the Primary Reasons *why* SISTER was "around"..? Especially, after My ARDUOUS Day Yesterday! -- I just had a bit *more* SLEEP under My "Lids", THIS Time! And, SISTER's Presence was a MASSIVE-Sanity-SAVER!

-- HER and BIG-D return Home Tomorrow and will be MISSED!

MEANWHILE... Once more... I have to keep THIS "Short"... Must "SLEEP", *WHILE* I CAN!! Actually, I just hope that I can just POST THIS **before** I run out WAKEfulness!

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