An Unexciting Day

First off, thank you thank you for the quilt comments.  I appreciate them SO much.  Many times I just throw it together, then I'm not happy with the color placement.  Having more opinions is worth its weight in gold!!!  

It was a long day, this one.  Rain began in the morning and continued most all day long.  Unlike Arizona, where thunder storms go tearing across the sky dumping gallons of water, then disappear in twenty minutes, it rains here continually for several hours.  That makes for big puddles and flooded flower beds.  

It appears it will rain 7 out of the next 8 days.  That's okay with me, as long as it doesn't snow.  Snow means driving through Los Angeles to get to Indio.  I think I would rather fly Mr. Chance to my house and let him drive!!  I must be getting too old for this!

The only thing planned for yesterday, was an unexciting day of bookkeeping.  This image doesn't even BEGIN to explain it.  You would think the end of the year would be easy ... just finish off two months and be done.

But NO ..... there always has to be something that doesn't balance.  I laugh when I see these "bookkeeping" picture with teeny tiny calculators.  It takes nothing less than a Casio HEAVY DUTY.  In this case however, it's all done on the computer, which makes it somewhat easier.

Truly, banks don't help in this process.  Balancing to that ending number every month can be a royal pain.  I cheat ... I balance three months at a time, which on occasion has caused a problem or two.

My two hour job turned into four, but you know how I love a challenge, and I love this lady like the older sister I never had.  On the way out, she gave me a bag of goodies and a bunch of oranges.  YUM!!

I made it home after a long SLOW drive following someone who apparently has not driven in the rain before.  20 mph in a 45 zone, then 35 in a 55 zone for 10 MILES until my turnoff.  Patience grasshopper.

I finally made it home in time for the GREAT TRY-ON.  I drug all my shorts out of the closet and stacked them for transport to the rig.  Next I had to try on each of these 5 pair of jeans to see if any of them still fit.  That was a losing proposition.  I've eaten WAY too much in the last two months.  Time to get rid of all the cookies in the house.

In the middle of that, my knee decided to give me grief.  Hmmm this is a new one.  I moved it wrong I suppose, and now something is pinching.  Ten minutes of gyrations on the floor and it finally popped back in place.  I guess I better be more careful ... maybe too much ladder climbing recently.

And then it happened ... in my unexciting day ... the power went out.  That rarely happens here.  I texted the neighbor to see if it was just me, when I noticed my phone was down to 19% battery.  Just as I was thinking I better go start up my generator, the power came back on.  

That instantly brought words out of my mouth I shouldn't say.  It dawned on me I had completely forgotten to put the surge protector on the rig, which is always plugged in.  It's dark and it's raining, so I grabbed a flashlight and an umbrella and headed outside.  

I think I must have been a good girl this Christmas, because everything was fine.  So here I am, trying to hold the umbrella, the flashlight and the surge protector while getting it hooked up and plugged in.  Yeah, blurry picture, but it was working perfectly.

The folded table?  That's just to block the view of anyone driving around looking for something to steal.  Once I find the key for my padlock, I'll chain it up.

I was up most of the night with a headache, so I'll be having another cup of coffee this morning.  Not on the patio mind you, since yesterday's rain has become this morning's tulle fog.

I might just venture out to the Dollar Store to find some New Year's Eve headwear, some balloons and glitter to throw since the new year is coming around the corner like a screaming steam train on a downhill run.   It will make for an exciting 9:00 celebration, if I can stay awake that long.

Here's hoping today is a better day.