by CJ | Dec 27, 2015 | Journal
She had as a prezzie one of those Chinese models to paint and assemble—in this case a really gorgeous ‘moon’ style Chinese bed with intricate fretwork. Wiishu-scale. Amazing creation, very meticulous. So she is taking a day off from sinks and floors...
by CJ | Dec 26, 2015 | Journal
Our household ‘snake’ got it, after Jane disassembled the plumbing. Not one clog, but three. The sink now runs and dishes are being washed. Dunno but what 8 days of really cold weather helped create the situation. But it is now dealt with. Got bottles of...
by CJ | Dec 24, 2015 | Journal
Ours is happy—we have no floor, well, plywood, so don’t think of us dancing on the floor joists—but we have ample food, we’re baking cookies, and will exchange a couple of prezzies—we’ve both asked for new muffies (house...
by CJ | Dec 23, 2015 | Journal
Grim as it sounds, if something died in there, it has to be extracted. So I, fearing for the neighborhood kitties, and worrying because I have seen what looked like cat tracks on the pond ice, don snow gear and go out to see what tracks can tell me. Well, tracks...
by CJ | Dec 23, 2015 | Journal
…as if a thin white meringue had landed from the skies over every twig and bush. Wet snow. This is the time, if you have arbor vitae, and we don’t, you get out and tie cord around them to keep them shaped like candle-flames or you have fountain-shaped...
by CJ | Dec 22, 2015 | Journal
Jane got up at 6 to shovel 6 in of snow plus the 10″ icy snowplow berm off the driveway (the snowblower broke) so I wouldn’t have to take a cab to my Dr.’s app’t at 9. Grateful! Next surgery on track for the 6th. I now have 20/20 vision, though...
by CJ | Dec 21, 2015 | Journal
every tree is white, down to the smallest twigs, not with ice, but with snow. The PNW does (unlike Oklahoma) have many very still days, and this is one. Snow is still coming down and it coats even tiny twigs. Got the finally checkup for the eye tomorrow…and...
by CJ | Dec 17, 2015 | Journal
It’s icy and snowing. Love snow. Here’s a recipe we worked up that’s dirt-simple if you like curry. Needed: sour cream, curry powder, chicken strips or leftovers of chicken, pork or beef. Rice. Broccoli, raw, your discretion. Cooking rice: One hour...
by CJ | Dec 15, 2015 | Journal
All optimal. The only unwanted effect is a thin striated bar reflecting from headlights or very bright lights, slanted from 11 to 5 on the clock, and the doc says it’s real, and many don’t see it. It’s a fold, I think in the new lens, and she says...
by CJ | Dec 14, 2015 | Journal
Doing real well. Good job on it, no needles, just eyedrops, one iv, which is a piffle, and stare straight at the light, which is real, real bright. Of course you have doubts—I’m pretty possessive about the body parts I was born with, but the new one is...
by CJ | Dec 12, 2015 | Journal
Just in time for me to go inactive come Monday. But we’re doing ok. Trying to clear the floor of trip-hazards, and arrange things so I don’t have to bend over to get stuff. Tomorrow morning I start the preparatory meds that I’ll continue afterward as...
by CJ | Dec 12, 2015 | Journal
Just in time for me to go inactive come Monday. But we’re doing ok. Trying to clear the floor of trip-hazards, and arrange things so I don’t have to bend over to get stuff. Tomorrow morning I start the preparatory meds that I’ll continue afterward as...
