Friday, October 31, 2025
I woke after eight hours, maybe only six or seven, of fitfull sleep.😴😴
Thursday, October 30, 2025
I woke after eight hours of sound sleep.😴😊👍
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
I woke after seven hours of sound sleep.😴😊👍
Today is set to be a busy one. I've got to get the driver's side front tire fixed or replaced after Scrabble unless I decide to take carwe of that instead of playing this morning.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Iwoke after six or seven hours of restless sleep.😴😞
Tuesday night PTSD meeting tonight. Last week only one participant from the court attended and I shut it down early, a move not appreciated by Eloy (the facillitator). The food ministry at church has cut way back on the amount of food left for the veterans who come to the meetings, mostly because the ministry is on the budget chopping block.
Seen today on Instagram, impeach.the.imposters
Monday. October 27, 2025
I woke after about eleven hours of sleep.😴😊✔️
Let's see if I can get out of the houes and make it to the Verizon store for a phone replacement. I put the trash to the curb when I came home from church yesterday which means I'll need to retrieve the bin after collection and take the trash in the house out and start the process again. The current dilemma is deciding how long I should wait before bringing the Mercury to the shop to have the transmission checked. I think it is failing, but I don't want to incure a new debt to have it fixed. I was hoping to put it off until I pay off the mortgage in January. My next driver's license renl date happens after I turn eighty years old. I really don't want to have new vehicle or vehicle repair bill loan if I don't pass the new requirements in Texas for drivers over eighty years old.
At1208hrs-I managed to get the counters in the kitchen cleared of clutter and sanitized. I can't find my "dustbuster" han held vacuumn. The last I remember was cleaning the filter and reassembling it a few days ago, but for the life of me I can not find the damn thing. I'll find it if I order a replacement with my next order from Walmart. Found it!
Sunday, October 26, 2025
I woke after six or seven hours of intermittent sleep.😴😞✔️
I received a text from William after going to bed at 1700hrs yesterday. He'd like to go to the 0830hrs Mass and will be ready for pick up at 0800hrs. I prefer that he go to that Mass as it means I don't have to hang around waiting for him after the 1030hrs Mass, and that gets me back home before noon. And yes, some Episcopalians, myself included, refer to the Eucharist service as the Mass.
Seen On, Instagram - National Catholic Reporter Online
At 0347hrs- I just heard someone burn rubber in front of my house. OOH, OOH! It makes my special place tingle ... NOT!
Kerry Payne preached the sermon today. William complimented him, as did I. His sermons are not as in depth, intellectually, as Fr. Travis'. i enjoy both types. Lonnie Lostack arrived at the parish hall at the same time as I did. He helped set up the coffee makers, which is greatly appreciated.
Since his divorce Fr. Travis gained quite the belly and was turning into a chubby chasers dream. Of late, however, he says he's been hitting the gym and I must admit it's beginning to show. His tummy is beginning to trim down and I think he's working his glutes to acheive a ubble butt that would be he envy of any twenty year old. Women in television situation comedies frequently mention a guys butt as the firsat thing they notice. I don't have a butt. I did at one time when I was in my twenties and in the army. It has since migrated to my belly where it isn't nearly as eye cstching in a good way.
Saturday, October 25, 2025
I woke after nine hours of restful sleep.😴😊✔️
The severe weather has yet to show up in this area.&nbsb;Instead I was engulfed in a wave of nostalgia and naps. Even though it isn't yet Halloween, I took a trip down meory lane, closing my eyes and enjoy visions of walking from the last house we lived in in East Hartford, and walking to church on still snow covered sidewalks. Vivid memories of Christmas displays in the windows of Anderson Jewlers, Woolworth's, and the card shop on the screen in my mind lulled me to sleep. It means I'll be rushed tomorrow morning while getting ready for church, but it is what it is.
The flash flood warning has shifted from today to early tomorrow morning. I just sent a text to William asking what service, if any, he plans to attend tomorrow.
Friday, October 24, 2025
I woke after eight hours of sound slep.😴😊✔️
Seen on Instagram, being liberal
Thursday, October 23, 2025
i woke after eight hours of sound sleep.😴😊
Seen on October 23, 2025 at Instagram-Harry Shannon
The bathroom sink drain stoppers I ordered finally arrived yesterday. They don't fit. I suspected that might happen after receiving an Email from the vendor that they had passed through customs in Spain, well, duh!
I have to take the remainder of the 13 pound bag of dry cat food I bought to animal control. The facility is always in need of donations and Mr. Mistofellees has enough set aside in air tight containers for well inito net year. I'd take the remainder to the Brazoria County Animal Shelter, except that it's in Lake Jackson and I don't feel like driving that far. When Ronnie was able to get out of his house without stressing his wife we used to go to Denny's in Lake Jackson every Thursday for breakfast. I miss those days. I need to call and see how he's doing. The last I heard he was slipping into dementia and not wnting to go out, even to church, speaking of which I haven't seen eith him or Cecile while waiting for William to coume out of the 1030hrs Mass.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
I woke after eight hours of sound sleep.😴😊✔️
On the agenda today, Scrabble at church, replace my cell phone at Verizon, and update the checkbook register and spending projections for
November. It doesn't sound like a lot so hopefully I'll get it all done.
Last night's meeting for veterans in the court program was dismal. Only one participant attended. It became a personal therapy session for him and I had to cut it short at 1845hrs. I don't know if Eloy, the group facillitator, was pleased with that, but I wanted to get home before complete darkness set in.
My brother should be relieved as I checked the bank this morning to see it the SS deposits made it to my, and his, account. He listens to progressive talk radio every day (almost all day) and I'm pretty sure that the government shut down and the GOP's threat to entitlement programs has him worried that &qout;they're " going to kill (privitize) Social Security has him staying awake at night. I try to calm him by encouraging him to take control of those things within his "sphere of influence." I don't know that that helps. Mr. Mistofellees is having nightmares or ,at least, unsettling dreams as he's "meowing " in his sleep.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
I woke after nine hours of sound sleep.😴😊✔️
I'm skating on thin ice when it comes to maintaining a checking account balance above $2,000.Paying an additional $1,000 a month on the mortgage is squeezing me a bit, but it will be worth it to get the damn thing paid off by January 2026. The target date has already been moved ahead for a month because I paid BOA Visa $1,500 last month in anticipation of the vehicle insurance charge of $921 this month.
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Monday, October 20, 2025
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woke in the middle of the night, going to bed at 1600hrs, after nine hours of sound sleep.😊😴
Yesterday was uneventful. I brought William to the 0830hrs Mass. fr. Travis preached from the aisle instead of the pulpit, wich elicited the usual response of disappointment from William during the ride back home. He confessed to being an old man set in his appreciation for the way things, "used to be." I told him that I, likewise am set i my ways. I related to him the comment I received from a parishioner about missing the days when me always wore a coat aned tie to church. Interpeting his comment as being directed to me (I dress Friday casual when going to church), I responded as long as the priest is going to celebrate Mass without a chasuble I'll appear sans coat and tie. Casual is, as casual does. I sit on the aisle end of the fourth pew from the front so I don't mind the preaching from the aisle as I can make eye contact with fr. Travis which makes it easier for me to pay attention.
I'm hoping Marvin will get here to cut the grass today. I didn't get a chance to ask anyone at church to recommend a different service, the office is closed on Monday, and fr. Travis will be at a clergy conference at Camp Allen until Thursday. By then the grass should be higher than my hip if Marvin doesn't get on the job. When I returned to the office after breakfast I was greeted with this screen (frozen).
Marvin's Landscaping came by and cut the grass!👍😊
Sunday, October 19, 2025
I woke after seven hours of sound sleep.😴😊✔️
I'll be giving William a ride to the 0830hrs Mass this morning. I kind of wish there were someone else in the parish who could occasionally do this. He, like me, leans to high church liturgically and progressive politically. I'm guessing that's why fr. Travis asked me to take on the responsibility. He's also an elderly person who doesn't mind sharing his opinions, which if shared with many in the parish could cause "friction."
Saturday, October 18, 2025
I woke after eight hours of sound sleep😴😊
The weather forecast.☀️☁️✔️
I waited at home all day yesterday and he ddin't show.🙎♂️
Friday, December 12, 2025
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