Well ..... It's Raining

 I know I keep saying this, but I've never seen anything like it.  It rained quite a bit here last night, and it's still going this morning.  It's a quiet rain ... no thunder and lightning this time.  I guess our summer weather in the winter is going to stay gone for a while longer.

So I might as well get inside stuff done.  This is that fancy water filter I ordered to see if the expensive one worked better than the cheap one.  $57 dollars ... replace every six months!  Yikes!!!  Previously, I went for the $35 model.

It took some time to get the old one out, along with a nice big flood of water.  The directions don't tell you to put a bath towel under when removing.  It seemed just as hard to get the new one in, but I persevered.  The bad part was running water through it to the tune of one gallon before using.

I'm sure the cheap one worked relatively okay, but once the water in my cup sat for an hour, it tasted terrible.  This ..... THIS is heaven.  No more bad tasting water, even after it sat in my cup all day long.  YAHOO!!!  I guess sometimes you have to pay the price.

It was overcast and gloomy all day long.  I got dressed up TWICE to go to town, but never made it.  Sometimes, even if my list is long, I just can't get up the motivation to walk out the door.  

So I worked on this quilt most of the day.  Here's an interesting situation ... when I have the lights turned on and the iron turns on ... the lights dim.  I asked the electrician about that and he said it was because my iron was 1800 watts.  

Since it's not been steaming like it should, I ordered a cheap 1500 watt model.  Maybe that will help.  Nope ... not in the least.  The light still dims when it turns on and off.  Weird ... so now I turn the light off to iron in the dark.  Not a good solution, but it's all I've got.

Bored to tears ... I mean really, even grocery shopping is a nice alternative to staying in the house all day long ... I decided to whip up a batch of peanut butter cookies.  You'd be proud ... I only ate ONE.  Well, except for all that raw dough I ate, you know, just to be sure it was okay for human consumption.

There was one slight distraction in the afternoon.  Mr. Cooper decided there was something about his friend on top of the buffet.  He sat there and barked for quite some time while I tried to ignore him.  I'm telling you .. when there is a b-a-l-l involved, his little nose is NEVER wrong.  

Yes, I have a little black and white friend, who thankfully is made of stuffing and oh-so-soft fuzzy stuff.  Hidden underneath was you know what.  Sometimes when he's making me crazy, I hide them.  By the way, never say that word ... b-a-l-l.  He wasn't exactly happy that I gave him the critter instead of the b-a-l-l.

That tells you just how exciting the day was!!  Anyway, the clouds kept the landscape looking eerie and cold until it was time for leftover ribs.

That completely distracted me from the sunset going on outside.  This is NOT my image.  The sun sets in the West, yes?  My house faces North ... meaning I miss most sunsets unless my brain is in gear.  On this night it was muddied up with tasty barbecue.

This IS however, a picture of last night's sunset taken by someone else.  A beautiful ending to an otherwise pretty boring day.  Today should be better ... if the weather holds out.  We are off to Green Valley for some exploration.