Today Is Thursday, September, 3 2026: This Is What Happened

 

Sold my ceramic molds. Although I didn't get the price I wanted. But they'll be out of here. One side of me I feel sad. The fact is that either Murphy and I can handle the big molds. I plan to keep some of my smaller ones. Mainly ornaments.

But the good thing is there gathering dust, and someone else would have a chance to enjoy them.

Right now I'm moving personal items from shelves, and area around it.

Recently I just finish up a photo book, and still need to do anther photo book for my other rugrat. I been using CHATBOOK MONTHLY. I have no issue with this company. But I don't see myself doing anther monthly picture book, in 2027. The issue with it personally. Is finding enough photos. I been pulling up old photos, from a few years back. A lease they'll be part of an archive. Even if my sons will have them. The other one is simple melt down to money. It cost $360, I know there was discount for purchasing for paying it for entire year.

The weather cool down. I'm not quite ready for fall wet weather. Although I'm glad for less heat. I guess one can wish for certain degree of heat, I personally would like it around 75 degrees.

Slowly working though the book I'm reading. The journal 1837 – 1861 Henry David Thoreau. Preface by John R Stilgoe.

Need to get back working in the basement.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Wednesday, August 12, 2026: This Is What Happened.

 

Not sure what sort of post this will be. I'm clueless why I have a craving for raisin. So I got a hand full of them.

Been watering in the gully. There calling for a summer storm to come though. Looks like it won't be here til after midnight. It been quite windy most all in the afternoon. Just hopefully there not much lightening with it.

When watering I sit the timer for 45 minutes. I don't need to forget it. I decided to hook up to WORDLESS WEDNESDAY.

 Oh, my Lugh. It been almost two weeks since I posted anything. Now to figure out what I to blog about. I guess I will start with the weather. It been hot here. It hasn't made a 100 degrees. But it mainly been in the upper 80's and lower 90's. So for dinner we been doing T.V dinners. I'm sick of them.  It look like Sunday the temps will drop, hopefully we can cook regular meal. 

Still working on under the stair well. I got bag of trash and box of few items to go off to the thrift store. Then there pile of items, not that many. But it can be used. Like a heating pad, a simple spiral notebook, and few treasure that that granddaughter might like. 

The other items are going into a so called box. There items that has legal and family importance. Which will be filed. Some will go though a shedder. Which I will order in the first part of August. Unless I find one at a thrift store. 

Well they almost got our new water line in. After that we will be able to have our premiums removed from our Medicare. It will give Murphy and I an extra $400 a month. 

Today Is Tuesday, June 9, 2026: This Is What Happened.

 Right now I'm washing up some blanket and one shower curtain. It needs to be rehemmed. I'm not sure if I will actual keep it. But the basement cleaning is coming right long. I although I wish it would go faster. But it going. 

It been raining off and on all day. Not sure when start I got up an pee around 3 this morning. Look out window and it was raining then. We need to rain.

The Subaru at quarter tank of gas. So it got top off. It cost us $48.50. Plus we had lunch at the senior center.  They had salvaging, end up with three bags of groceries. And we finely got our senior food box. It sure took enough time to get though the bureaucrat red tape. For a family your income needs to be under $2,705. They say the value is about $50 a month. It does HELP

Coffee is on. 

Today Is Friday, June 5, 2026: This Is What Happened

 

Quite windy outside. But I have the slider open to feel the air move. We didn't even get an inch of rain for the month.

I thought this might be a good time to answer the question of HELS, and her question. What are laundry sheets? There compress sheet with laundry sheet, for your washing machine. I been quite happy with the ones I been using. 120 sheets last me for about six months.

I been working on cutting back my carbon foot print. Using less plastic. I'm think of looking at using bleach sheets. But in honest I don't go though bleach all that much. One of my complaints about the senior food give away is the plastic involved, and carbon foot print. It gets me that they except us as citizen need to watch their carbon foot print. But when I go into a store, there plenty of plastic.

I still want to look up the plumbing effect and laundry sheets soap. I've been happy with my laundry sheets.

Had to get the brake fix on the car. Nothing cheap with owning a car. I live to far out in the country, for public transport. I been trying to mange going into to town. And making the trip less costly. I notice gas came down a little in price here. .20¢ a gallon.

I didn't go to my water color class last Wednesday, because I had gone in earlier and didn't want to make second trip in to town.

Murphy and I went to town, and our first stop was the library. I made an appointment with tech lady, We need to do get my husband phone, up and running again. The 20^th or around then. I'm heading to Medford Oregon.

Then we went to the senior center, and we had a Turkey dinner with all the trimming. I like to give the yams high praise. I don't know what they use for spices. I will ask. So dinner will be lighter, as in the amount of food.

We didn't get our food box, but they had quite the crowd. It in the walk in cooler. I will get Monday or Tuesday. But we got three bags of food although. I grab a purple cabbage weigh in at 3.6 pounds or 1,632 grams.

Last time I was at art up at Greta place. We did blind contour drawings. We drew each other with out looking at our paper, and not lifting up our drawing instrument. Afterward we pass our journals for about 1.5 minutes we got to do what every we want to them.

It was quite interesting and fun.

I'm linking to FACE OFF

Coffee is on.

Today Is Sunday, April 26. This Is What Happened.

 

This is my first time taking part in, SUNDAY STEELING. And here is the five question I will answer to the best of my knowledge.

1. Has anyone ever told you they would love you forever? I don't recall. In our wedding vows. I know there we said until death do us a part. A few times I thought of killing my husband. The only thing saved my husband, the thought of him resting peace, which at time he didn't deserve at that time. 

2. Who is the last person you were in the car with? My husband, we been together 43 years. 

 3.  Do you have big plans for tomorrow (Monday)? I wouldn't call them big plans. I still need to do my weekly plan in my bullet journal. How long do you typically spend in the shower?

4.  How long do you typically spend in the shower? I would guess some where around 5 minutes. Growing up we had a shower time limit. Or my mother would go basement, and turn off the water. She even did on her husband. But when she was not at home. Then showers was longer.

5. What were you doing at 7 AM yesterday (Saturday)? I know I was up. Having my morning coffee. I'm a morning person. 

Here is some other players who also took part in SUNDAY STEELING

The weather act like it want to rain. Quite blustery off and on though out the day. I want to get out with the weed wacker. Work on the raspberry patch. I hope I get chance tomorrow.




Went to town and got some grocery, spend $32.81. Also notice gas also went up. I don't see going to town until Tuesday. I will top off the tank then. I also went to down town, and did some walking.




I been hooked on the TRANSCENDENTALISM. I still waiting for A PALE VIEW OF HILLS from our local library, which they're getting it though the inter-library program. After that I'm going to read, WALDEN. But in mean time I'm reading a magazine. Usually if I'm in waiting room, I will read a magazine. I don't have any magazine subscription either on-line or by mail.




Yesterday. And hopefully I can keep it up. I went to one of comment someone left and try to expand on it. So today. One is SUSAN SAYINGS I like quiet when I read and when I study. If I am creating or blogging, I like to listen to music. I didn't know what Smelly Cat was either. Have a great weekend!

I pretty much learn to do things with back ground noise. I'm thankful when my husband buts on his head phones, and goes on his tablet. When I was at my son place in Oregon. I read 3 books and did up some crossword puzzle. Since I been back I haven't did a crossword puzzle.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Sunday, February 22, 2026: This Is What Happened.

 

It sure was a learning curb. I took each stanza from the poem I wrote and see what chat. I just let Night Cafe do it thing. Editor note...I had change a word from Chat Gpt to Night Cafe.  One thing I did had no pre-style. Not sure which pre-style I would of selected. But I think it will kept to same genre. But who knows.

Is the word good as an ice cream bar

Melts in one mouth.

Is the word bad as lima beans

So dry one can't speak.

Sometime the words are willful

They cause no trouble.

Then there those time word can be hiding

Don't mean any harm.

Just want to put puzzle together.

So the entire picture shows.

Then there been time words runs about like headless person.

Looking blindly for expression.

Just want to dance in flowing beat

Not to scared about in fear.

I was asked if our snow had come in late. Last few years I our snow starts in February. But before that our main snow start about mid December. And usually we would have white Christmas and sometime after mid January it would start to melt. I wouldn't say we never had snow before mid December or after mid January. Our weather pattern sure has sifted,

I'm sure the rest of the world heard about our President have a Tantrum. On how the supreme court ruled on tariffs. I'm still on the fence about listening to state of union address. He aggravates every part of my being. But on the other side of coin. I want to see other branches their reaction.

I'm connecting to SUNDAY IN THE ART ROOM

Coffee is on.

Today Is Wednesday, February 18, 2026: This Is What Happened.

 

I start to watch you tube on our Presidents. I got the first four done. And got 43 to go. Some of them served 2 terms. Well as I was watching they mention the War of 1812 and Battle of New Orleans and the song BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. When I was younger and went into bars. It seem two songs that played on Canadian jukebox back then was the Battle of New Orleans. And JOSE CHOAVER.

So over on Night Cafe. I took part of the lyrics from both of these songs, and this is what Night Cafe came up with.

It been snowing most of the day. Sure it stop for a while. Went out and measure it around noon, and we got 3½ inches. Yesterday measurement was 5 inches. I need to fly out of Spokane on the 28^th.

Our senior center is trying to raise FUNDS to do an up grade.

Coffee is on.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Sunday, February 1 2026: This Is What Happened.

January, Noticed: A Month in Small Measures

This January I experimented with tracking—not everything, just enough to see patterns. The goal wasn’t improvement. It was attention.

Weather came first.
I took temperatures four times a day, most days. Mornings were the coldest, dipping as low as the mid-teens, while afternoons occasionally surprised me by brushing forty degrees. Evenings cooled quickly again. What stood out wasn’t the extremes, but the rhythm: winter has a pulse, and it repeats whether I’m watching or not.

Health was uneven, but honest.
I logged exercise on some days, water on fewer, digestion support on more. Pain showed up too—my hip more than my shoulder—and that mattered. The data didn’t shame me; it explained me. It reminded me that health is shaped as much by limits as by intentions.

Hobbies carried more weight than I expected.
I read often, wrote regularly, and picked up my camera enough times to know creativity wasn’t absent—it was active. Some hobbies rested entirely this month. That didn’t feel like failure. It felt seasonal.

Money told a clear story.
Most of my income went to essentials: food, utilities, healthcare. Very little went to extras. Seeing it laid out didn’t spark anxiety—it brought clarity. My spending reflects necessity, not neglect.

And finally, self-credit.
Out of thirty-one days, I only formally marked things down ten times. Still, I showed up every day. Tracking isn’t proof of effort; living is.

January didn’t ask me to optimize. It asked me to notice.
So I did.

Chat gpt help me write this.

Coffee is on

 

Today Is Friday, January 16, 2026: This Is What Happened.

 

Usually are food trucks only comes up in the spring and summer months. But for some reason they came up yesterday. So I drove to local fairgrounds were the food truck was. One gets in line, stay in your rig.

I know people who arrives around 7AM or so. Not quite light. The truck don't start give out the food until 11 AM. I got in line about 10:15 and I was heading back home 12:00. So those was who got in line at 7 AM sat in there car for 4 hours. I was only in line for 1.75 hours. They're set up tp move you quite quickly. This time they gave everyone a gift card from Safeway, a $50 value. Not sure what we're going to get. I know one thing we will be getting is paper towels. I'm quite curious person and want to know the value of today give away. I thought A.I might have the answer.

Food banks here base there food on weight, SECOND HARVEST food cost around $1.70 a pound. And my guess I got around 25 pounds of food. Not going to list everything. But a few things. 3 case of yogurt 18 in each case, 2 pounds of ground beef, and bag of pears. I would guess the pears weight in at 3 pounds. This will help. We should be able to send some extra money on our medical bill, in February.

I need to put in the total value of the food box, $42.50. I only have one complaint. It doesn't mater the size of the household. Everyone gets the same amount. Personally my husband and I don't need 54 container of yogurt. Opinion time...They should ask if we need a large or small box. If I recall right they bring up enough for 250 households.

Last few days I been going though some papers, magazine, cards, and suck. I been cutting them out. For collages work. It a lease clearing up the clutter. I'm doing envelope up for the Granddaughters. And I'm making one up for senior center fund raiser. For the Auction.

I'm part of Good Reads. My goal is to read 18 books this year. I see people who has a completed books there going to read for the up coming year. I don't, I can tell you 5 of the books. I want to read this year, and they're...QUEEN VICTORIA TEENAGER VOL ONE, and VOLUME 2. Then the other 3 books I do plan to read this year is THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING, AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD, and DIARY AS LITERATURE.. At this time I'm clueless what other books I will be reading this up coming year.

I'm going to try to write a story using these words...GAROTTE, KISSESS, NECK, PHILANTHROPIST, PRAHMATISM, BALCONIES, DECADENES, EMTERTAINMENT, GENIES, PUBLIC. River is the host by DRIFTING THOUGH LIFE.

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I thought I had pretty good ideal of a story. But the words and my story just wouldn't match up. So frustrating.

Most of the time, it been overcast. For the first part of January. This morning as sun as coming up. It lighted up the sun.

I decided to hook on with SKY WATCH FRIDAY

Today Is Tuesday, January 6, 2026: This Is What Happened.

 

Snowing here. It seem like our winters are starting much later, then they did in past. Well before we would usually have what people would call January melt. But a few years ago we had snow dump in February.

Start to take down the Christmas Tree. I will finish it off tomorrow. I'm clueless why, but I find it sad when I start to take down the Christmas tree. Murphy and I had lunch as the senior center. They served chicken pot pie.

Tomorrow, there having some type of pork meat balls. And water color class. I doubt I will go tomorrow because it look like the roads are going to be slick. Let me say, I had plan to go to Under the Sun and having coffee with my friend Quenella. Then before I was going to the Senior Center I had plan to get to over and have some laminating done. I mange to pay some bills. Still waiting for our Natural gas bill.

Murphy just got done talking to his sister Faith, who just turn 74.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Wednesday, December 31, 2025: This is What Happened

 

I decided to start this post in the morning. Plus some place in the world it already 2026. As for the political arena I hope it's better always around. We here in the United States has our mid-term. Maybe Maga will loose the majority. As many of us know. If Trump don't get his way. He will toss a tizzy.

The last thing I did was putting on was my shoes. I thought it would and interesting shot, for WORDLESS WEDNESDAY. After the shoes, got on my feet. I went down and ride the stationary bike. On so called odd days, like today. It seems like reasonable goal. Is to ride that 3 times a day. But for some reason I only do it once day.

Yesterday it was my brother in law, Earl Birthday. He just turn 65. And he has congestive heart failure. I don't want to be to hard on him. But he lived a hard life. Smoking and drinking. Now it caught up with him. I'm far from a saint, and not big time sinner. Simple we're all human.

I been doing some research on paper to use with alcohol makers. I have good amount of them. Even I use heavier paper to do my art on. But I have issue of soaking though when I use alcohol markers. Found out there paper just made for alcohol markers.

I was wondering if art with Greta. If we were going to new years goals and such in our art journal. Plus a word of the year. She said yes. But she doesn't give out details on what we're doing. For me that's fine. I do better. With less thinking on it.

One of my art journal is getting close to be filled. This is what I will be getting, ART JOURNAL Usually I split them with my friend Lolita. But she wants a heavier paper. The company I get my art journal though, does offer a heavier PAPER. I'm just not a fan of spiral note books.

Let just wrap up with my morning temps. I'm lazy and I'm going to have chat-gpt give me the numbers.

December Morning Temperatures (7–8 a.m.)

• Highest: 43.2°F (6.2°C)

• Lowest: 16.3°F (-8.7°C)

• Average: 32.3°F (0.2°C)

Coffee is on.

Today Is Monday, December 15, 2025: This Is What Happened.

 

It been raining all day, and for mid December is far from cold, for us here in North Idaho. The mail wasn't came and I'm not sure if I will go out to the mail box today or not. I hope we get no mail today. I'm made out of brown sugar.

Well I finish up a book I been reading. “The Trumpet of the Swan” by E.B White. It's the same person who wrote Charlotte's Web. Animal brought to life. I'm passing it on to my old granddaughter who is 9. Murphy and I are going to the senior center for lunch tomorrow. There serving Chicken chimi's, corn salad, Mexican coleslaw, Spanish rice, and pineapple fluff. But before we go to lunch. I want to get the book “The Bell Jar” by “Sylvia Plath”

Got the Christmas Tree up. Not complete done. Murphy and I strung the lights around it. The blue bird lights is pain to put on. These lights need to be pin up. If there not pin up, the bird fall over. Tomorrow, I will add the ornaments and iceicles.

Last night for dinner we had stuff peppers, with ground Turkey.

So I will be back on this up coming Wednesday. To share my other Christmas card and letter. My next round of blogging will start again on Saturday, the 20^th. I will share my Christmas tree than.  

It been raining all day, and for mid December is far from cold, for us here in North Idaho. The mail wasn't came and I'm not sure if I will go out to the mail box today or not. I hope we get no mail today. I'm made out of brown sugar.

Well I finish up a book I been reading. “The Trumpet of the Swan” by E.B White. It's the same person who wrote Charlotte's Web. Animal brought to life. I'm passing it on to my old granddaughter who is 9. Murphy and I are going to the senior center for lunch tomorrow. There serving Chicken chimi's, corn salad, Mexican coleslaw, Spanish rice, and pineapple fluff. But before we go to lunch. I want to get the book “The Bell Jar” by “Sylvia Plath”

Got the Christmas Tree up. Not complete done. Murphy and I strung the lights around it. The blue bird lights is pain to put on. These lights need to be pin up. If there not pin up, the bird fall over. Tomorrow, I will add the ornaments and iceicles.

Last night for dinner we had stuff peppers, with ground Turkey.

So I will be back on this up coming Wednesday. To share my other Christmas card and letter. My next round of blogging will start again on Saturday, the 20^th. I will share my Christmas tree than.

Today Is Saturday, December 6, 2025: This Is What Happened.

 This post is a little different than usual — I let ChatGPT help shape it. Like anything in life, there’s a place for artificial intelligence, and the key word is balance.

Lately I’ve been fascinated by tracking small everyday numbers. I’ve been using my bullet journal to follow a few basics, and here’s what last month looked like.

📌 Giving & Utilities

• Household income: $1,572

• Charitable giving: $48 (3% of income)

• Utilities: $241 (15% of income)

🍎 Food Support

We received about $215 worth of food from the senior center — which adds the equivalent of 14% more to our monthly resources. It made a noticeable difference.

🌤️ Weather Notes

Just quick numbers: the warmest afternoon I logged was 47°F, the coolest outlier dropped to 24°F, and most days sat right around 43°F.

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I’m finding the numbers grounding. They don’t tell the whole story, but they offer a quiet snapshot of daily life — where things go, what comes in, and what helps along the way.

Balance still matters, whether it’s budgeting, gratitude, or even letting a bit of AI lend a hand.

Today Is Friday, November 28, 2025: This Is What Happened.

 

Once again I was going to give words a go again. This week words is birds, window, wings, span, open and the other set words are time, world, laugh, all, and get.

use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun.

It been a long winter the three kids been bickering all week, or it just seem to get louder and louder. Pam just want to open the window and toss all of her children out the window into the snow. Yule was well over and the sun was still heading North as one looked outside. Next celebration was Imbolc.

The bickering just kept on and on. She gave them a choice. Go out side or start washing the place down with Spic and Span. So the children decided it would be wise to head out into the world. A lease they was less of chance running into someone with bad sense of humor.

As they went into a the woods close to Laugh Creek, It been said the rocks in creek was either laughing or crying. Some time the rocks laugh at things that shouldn't be laugh at. Other time the rocks will be crying over nothing.

They spend all afternoon down by Laugh Creek, and they notice the sun heading toward the west, close to the mountain, and in hour the sun would fall behind the mountain. They recall last time they came home well after the sun went behind the mountain and came in. Lot of trouble they all got in to.

As they were heading toward the cabin, they saw a yellow sparrow, perch on small bush. They knew the next full moon the pea seeds would be going into the community garden. The sparrow bird was sigh that spring and warmer weather soon to start.

The children arrive at home, as the sun slip down behind the mountain. They told their mother they saw an yellow sparrow.

So they decided since the sparrow has arrived. They would hang an woodpecker wing from the fireplace mantel. Which will bring new positive energy into the home.

It snowed lightly on Thanksgiving day.

My artist trading card. A face caught in television.

I'm linking to, STORY WORDS I like to add a brief note, our host fell and will not be taking part.

The other two links I will share is. SKY WATCH and FACE OFF.

Plenty of things to do. So I plan to catch up what going on in my world. Tomorrow, let keep our finger crossed.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Wednesday, November 5, 2025: This Is What Happened

 

Let see how my day went. Let start off with the election the United States had. The city of Bonners Ferry vote for council members. I live out side the city limited. So I didn't vote. I have no really complaint those who get in. The only thing I wish they were younger people holding the office.

A few grumbled at the senior citizen about having democrat socialist elected as the New York City mayor. I doubt any of them knows the difference between Communist, Fascist, Nazi, and or Socialist. I don't know if I can give a good explanation or not. I think a people forget the words Democrat and Nationalism.

I think Carl Yung summarized Communism and Nazi pretty good. “Two Evil Twins”

Paid all the utilities this morning. And the credit card. Late morning I went into town and first stop was the print shop. And I had a poster board that was 22 by 28 inches. I'm still working on my writing prompts. I will do one more sheet of writing prompts. Question time...Can I please have a writing prompt and or journal prompt.

I also ask them the cost of having some stickers made up. I was thinking of using some of my artist trading cards done up as sticker, and giving them as Christmas gift for my Granddaughter.

Then I walk over to the place I pay the water bill, and drop it in the box. Then over to post office and mailed the rest of the bills off. And drove up to senior center and had lunch. It was watercolor class. Some of us did chickens, and some did mouse. I did the chickens.

I'm always trying to be the best I can. I doubt I will be a top notch person. But nothing wrong with trying. So a few things I like to share how I did in October.

October Weather & Habit Tracking Summary

Morning Temperatures (11 AM – 12 PM):
I recorded the late-morning temperature 13 times this month, which means I kept track on about 41.9% of October’s days.
The average temperature for those readings was 35.1°F, showing that most mornings were on the chilly side.

Evening Temperatures (7 PM – 8 PM):
For the evening period, I managed to record 14 times, or 45.2% of the month.
The average temperature came out to 47.4°F, noticeably warmer than the morning readings — a nice reflection of how the days cooled off slowly as October went on.

Overall Average Temperature (AM + PM):
Combining both morning and evening readings, the overall average temperature for October was 41.5°F.
Even though I didn’t record every day, these numbers give a good picture of how temperatures shifted from cool mornings to mild evenings.

Breakfast After 8 AM:
I ate breakfast after 8 AM on 23 out of 31 days, or about 74.2% of the month.
Apparently, I’m more of a late-breakfast person!

Water Intake:
My goal was to drink over 32 oz of water daily, and I recorded reaching that goal 6 times this month.
That works out to an average of about 6.2 oz per day based on what was tracked — but I know I usually drink more than what gets written down. Sometimes the logging slips, even though the water bottle doesn’t stay full for long!
It’s a gentle reminder that recording habits can be as important as building them.

Coffee is on.

Monday, October 27, 2025 — This Is What Happened

It’s raining today. We usually get rain in the spring and fall, and around Halloween, we often see a light skiff of snow here in the valley. Many of the trees have already lost over 75% of their leaves.

My granddaughters didn’t make it up on Sunday. Maud woke up with an earache, and her sister Bree was too scared to travel. With little sleep, Sawyer decided not to drive up. His flight back to Medford, Oregon, left around 7 that evening.

I might as well mention the upcoming SNAP cutoff in November. I’ve been watching some YouTube videos on the topic — you can easily search for “SNAP benefits” yourself. I’m not sure how the algorithm works, but I’ve noticed that most of the videos show Black people losing their EBT benefits (the card where SNAP funds are placed).

Here’s what I found about SNAP usage by race and ethnicity:

• White (Non-Hispanic): 35.4%

• Black/African American (Non-Hispanic): 25.7%

• Hispanic: 15.6%

• Asian (Non-Hispanic): 3.9%

• Native American/Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic): 1.3%

• Multi-race reported: 1.0%

• Race unknown: 17.0%

As you can see, white people also make significant use of the SNAP program.

Now, by age group:

• Under 5 years: 39%

• Ages 5 to 17: 28%

• Adults 18 to 59: 42%

• Older adults 60+: 19%

One last note about SNAP — among the “working poor” who were eligible in 2017, about 73% participated in the program.

What really strikes me is that most of the YouTube videos I’ve seen show Black people supposedly stealing food from Walmart. Hopefully, things don’t get that bad. If someone is truly hungry, anyone — regardless of race — might steal to survive. It does seem like YouTube’s coverage may be a bit biased in how it shows these incidents.

As for my own day, things went fairly smoothly. I vacuumed my car — it cost me a dollar in quarters, but I ended up finding 75¢ worth of change, so it really only cost me a quarter. I also got my laptop issues sorted out — I’m very thankful for the library and their tech help. I copied something from my thumb drive to use in my art journal.

I stopped at the dollar store and spent under $2.00 on a powder puff for a journal page and a piece of tag board. Now, of course, I can’t find the tower I made for my art!

Today Is Sunday, October 19, 2025: This Is What Happened

 

Wet and raining most of the day. Had slight break from the rain in the afternoon. At that time hubby and I took down the hummingbird feeder. They will be back in late spring of 2026.

Made up my list of things I will try to accomplish this up coming week. I complete one. I text Cutler and told him that we want to buy a cord of firewood. Our main heat is natural gas. It for back up source for heat. Worked cleaning my dresser up. Went though the drawers, and going to take a few piece of clothing to the Animal thrift store. Then my summer shorts went up in the closet shelf. Worked a little on top of my dresser. And last thing I did some pages in my bullet journal.

No king march in my community. Glad there quite a few people marching.

Got the four paper-mache heads done. If all works out my granddaughters will be coming up next week to paint them. I'm doing an extra one, just in case. I have a couple new ideals to put in my art journal, a long with entire list, as well.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Saturday, October 11, 2025: This Is What Happened

 

Getting the hang of my new lap top. I'm not a big fan of the power button. But nothing I can change about it. If I could I believe I could end up making worst. My next thing is to take care of my photos from camera.

Quite while back, I was using WIKI ART. I know I was working on sharing different ART MOVEMENT. Looking at list I know I was going though the modern art movement. But which one. I was still on first list. I'm thinking of starting in middle.

I started to watch some reality television. One of the shows I been watching is PROJECT RUNWAY. I think there 10 challenge for a season. One of them is to do a commercial appeal. Something that one could go into a store and buy. The average shopper. What got to me, it need to retail under $400. I have never spend $400 on piece of clothing. Never even spend a $100 on any piece of clothing.

Slept on the rough side. I woke up about 3:30 this morning. I should of just got up, for a while. Now I'm pretty much like a zombie. At that time of morning I came up or my brain came up with an creative project. At this time I want to get my paper cache done, so my granddaughters can do them up. And the other two things I been working on this past week is; crochet rag rug, which will go in our bathroom. And some artist trading cards.

It been raining off and on, all day. Leaves are blowing off the trees.

Coffee is on.

Today Is Monday, October 6, 2025: This Is What Happened.

 Not even 11 in the morning. Usually I don't post this early. Got up at 7 this morning. Our first frost after the summer months. Had lovely view of the full moon last night.

Last evening the 5th of October. I went to our local pagan potluck, at the Pearl. Our Pearl is our underground community. It place were the liberal, lgbtq, pagan, and those who aren't part of the Maga movement. We had small gathering, 10 of us. We decided to have monthly potluck on the full moon. 

Went for short walk this morning. Did a few small task. Still more to do. 

Look like we will be going to the senior center three times this week. We usually go on Tuesday and Friday.  The reason we're going there on Wednesday their serving Lamb. Well let get back to Tuesday. I need to get 2 medication. Clinic I go to, also has an pharmacy, and it income base. So hubby and I meds are mostly under $5 for 90 days. Only 2 of them is over that amount.  Let get back to Tuesday. I will go and get my meds, stop in at the library to make appointment for my computer. The issue is contrast. And play scrabble. Last thing I hope to finish up is Murphy hospital bill, it's pretty much paid off. But it looks like we won't be paying it off. The bills this month sucked our checking account down. We have nasty habit of eating and such. 

Coffee is on.