Blurry

Wet snow and ended up just above freezing.

Late morning I had an appointment with my eye doctor....expected to be told I need cataract surgery, but not quite yet.  The last thing she did....dialated my eyes.  Driving home was interesting.  Ironically, Gary had his annual check up at 3 so I dropped him off and then took Little Wonder to the groomers.

There is a photographer in this area who does portraits and has shows of her work.  Her themes vary from year to year and she has taken some amazing photos of the homeless.  This year she is doing "old" people and is going to include me.  That's not really the title of the show....that's what I am saying.  Anyway, after the photos are ready for framing, she is going to have us write something about ourselves on the mats.  She is looking for wild color and some funkiness with a story.  She views me as an artist.  Today I sent her some photos of our house so we can figure out where to do the shoot.  I will also take her out to the Studio.  Maybe I will include my ukulele!  Got any suggestions?

Little Wonder's groomer has given notice that she will be retiring and going back to school to become a nurse.  He was good for her today and will be able to go there one more time in May.  Then, I have to find a new one.  That is scary, as he is not that hot for new people.  Dropped him off at 3....

and picked him up at 4:30 before picking up Gary.  Perfect timing.

Rebel's flowers are fading, so I picked out the survivors and made a new bouquet for the kitchen table.

Little Wonder looks so cute and he smells great.

A late start on dinner....for the first time in history I made some tater tots (Gary loves them when we go to Barber's for a meal) along with open faced cheeseburgers with onions.  Our homemade dill pickles....of course.  Tasted great.

Night all.

 

Music and Leftovers

So nice to have sunshine!  I finally got some good sleep last night and had an easy morning.  Gary went to yoga and out to lunch while I set up the kitchen for some music.

Sidney meowed off and on the entire time.

I took Little Wonder out before dinner, but he did not seem interested in wandering out to the pasture.

Leftovers are always fine with me.

I'm looking forward to the coverage of the non-traditional State of the Union messages tonight.  Why would anyone in the House or Senate want to listen to T telling lies and blasting them?  I wonder if the Supremes will show up.

Night all.

 

Orange Chicken

Another grey day with snow off and on.

Gary shoveled most of the driveway and I went out for a few minutes to pick up some steps.  After that, it was lunch and hanging by the fire with my buddies.

Jenny, Scott and Fin were coming to dinner so I made some gingerbread for dessert.

The main course was orange chicken, which I had never made before.  It took me a long time to prepare all the chicken in my wok, as I had cubed four large breasts.

Put it on paper towels to drain and then it went in a low oven while I prepared the veggies...onions, red peppers

and lots of snow peas.

Added the chicken and orange sauce....

then garnished with orange zest and green onions.

Served it with fruit, rice and

noodles with duck sauce.

Scott surprised me with some egg rolls...so good.

The gingerbread was just right for dessert.

Scott left early as he had some salting to do on some commercial properties.  We sat by the fire for some good conversation.

Rebel's flowers are starting to fade.  I had to pull some out today.

Night all.

Finding Purpose

Another grey, dreary day.  Some melting....then more snow.  Got up at 7:30 and a little after 8 tuned in to the US/Canada Hockey game.  Don't know a lot about it, the rules etc. and only watched it off and on.  Two great teams.  Sidney and Little Wonder kept me company.

Unfortunately, LW keeps waiting for me to go out to the barn.  I'm sure I will be more active when the snow disappears.  For now, he only stays outside for a few minutes.

Gary left for Brockport a little after 1 for the Winter Serenades concert.  Today it was "Love Songs for Grownups."  Alan Jones and Cindy Miller.  "Wild Again Beguiled Again."

I watched it on my iPad and Little Wonder was listening.

When Gary got home we went down to 58 Main for dinner.  I wanted to try their pork egg rolls and they were very good.

Our friend, Jackie, sent Gary home from the concert with a plant for me on behalf of Rebel.  So many thoughtful friends.

It's not even 8 o'clock yet and LW is ready for bed.

Night all.

PS

Now that I have had a few days with my world changed, I am trying to think of what to do....something that would have purpose and keep me busy.  Tuesdays I have music.  Thursdays I play bridge.  Normally, I would get in at least 7,000 steps each day (if not more) and now I barely reach 3,000.  That's a huge change.  Have to seriously think about my options as I am not used to hanging around for so many hours.

Thank you for being there for me.  I have heard from so many people.