WEDNESDAY

Yet another hectic day. When I went to "publish" this blog, there was no Internet. Called Yandoo and was told they were "doing maintenance" from 7:00 to 8:00 am. Said they had sent an email, but I didn't get it. Had to wait until after breakfast to lock it in. 

 Went over to Great Clips for a trim. Maria is off on Tuesday and Wednesday, and George did it. I liked it last time he did, but I'm not happy with this one. Oh, well, at least it'll be easier to take care of. 

Home, I spent hours dealing with See's Candies and now I've just decided to give the overseas people Amazon gift cards. I know that's a copout, but at this point, I just don't care.   I was so stressed by lunch time, I packed mine--with an IPA, of course, took my book, and went out to the middle to relax. It was beautiful out--71 degrees with little wind--and I calmed down and enjoyed it. Lorraine came over to read her bible and, instead, sat down with me to chat. David then rode up on his bike (he's as avid about biking as my son, Mike) and we three chatted. 

Said goodbye and went back to do a few chores. Ellen came before 3:00, and worked on getting me up to speed with photos on this laptop. That's another subject on which I'm not going to elaborate, but she helped a lot. 

Julie picked me up at 6:00 and we went over to the Chinese place right across the street. Lora was already there and we settled in to good food and even better talk. Lora's house still hasn't sold, but she and Todd are packing up for the move to Arizona. The moving van will leave in a day or two, but they'll be there ahead of time. Lora will be back on the 23rd, so will spend Christmas with her daughter and grandchildren, but there's a lot of friction there. Anyway, the three of us had a good time and they treated for my birthday. Lora also gave me a nice kind of jacket/sweater, which I really like.  Got home a bit before 8:00 and I'm determined to devote today to all kinds of chores I've put off. 

Note: Got the check from $174.32 from Citi. Along with those from BMO and Grouper, that means that, along with those from BMO and Grouper, I recently receive $250.25 I didn't expect. Hey, I can live with that.   

YOICKS!  I actually forgot to press "publish" yesterday! Now it's Thursday at 5:10 pm and I just noticed it wasn't. This time of year is driving me batty!