Thursday, July 10, 2025

More early morning getting stuff done, later all bureaucracy

Early morning, this is getting to be a good habit, walking around the neighborhood. I was hugely cheered when I met a mellow little Boston terrier named Oreo! Lovely chat with his old Indian gentleman clearly devoted to Oreo.

Then around, greeting the early morning walkers and home to shower and catch up on line. But first I lugged the big potted lavender plant through the house and onto the patio. 


It's safer there and we'll see how it goes. That was a bit of exertion, but I survived. My yes2next habit is paying off. I'll need to repot it now the roots have been torn out of the ground by my car.

It's going to be quiet, with Gary away for two weeks, but there's a good side to that. It's especially quiet since his phone is dead and he can't get his new one set up. Can't make or receive calls, everything going to the old phone and irretrievable. At least my phone is working anyway.

No sudden irruptions with ideas, requests to look at this and that, hold that wire, identify this poison ivy etc.  

Yesterday  he dashed in, with a cup of tea, didn't want to put it on the coffee table, grabbed a handful of MY HANDMADE FIBER CORDAGE and asked if he could rest his cup on it for a coaster.. he also does wonderful things for me, so there's that balance. But a few days downtime is good.

Home again I needed a second breakfast 

Cheese and cilantro omelette.

Then a lot of the day was spent dealing with a blizzard of texts and emails from the auto insurer. I checked with the body shop, who hadn't got them yet, then forwarded them so they could get on with the repair. 

Then, after I called the insurer to double-check they were paying the shop direct, got another message that they'd mailed a check to me. Soooo I'll settle with the shop myself. I forwarded that info too. 

It's easier to do it myself than with help, full disclosure. Saves discussion and debate. I'm used to doing my own follow up and now I'm recovered to the point of managing things again.

At first I really needed neighbors making calls, most appreciative. Gary was stunned once I got going again, that I knew how to do DocuSign! Folks, I'm old, I'm not a dinosaur.

Then there's the air conditioner at the condo. This being Handsome Tenant's day off, he was pursuing it, again, and got a tech out Wednesday. I was not thrilled he's having to use his one precious day off, but I can't be there.  

Later: tech did a repair, but heat pump needs to be replaced. They'll be in touch. Sad, but not surprised. It's 23 years old, beyond its lifespan.

I'll make sure there's cake for next time I see him. 

So that was Wednesday. Still waiting on the house and the exterminator. Once all this is done I won't know what to do with myself. So much free time. Maybe I'll solve some age old mathematical mystery.

Evening was a good time online with my friends.

And on to more important things. I'm considering how to shape the basket, I mean technically. I know what shape I want to achieve, and I need to figure out how to get there. 

I think I know how but we'll see if my bright ideas translate. Sometimes materials, especially fiber, do unexpected things. It can be for the better. We'll see.

In the afternoon I had an invitation from the local artists group I founded long ago to send a piece to their October group show. I haven't exhibited in ages, so I'll have to look something out.  I'm amazed they remember me.

Happy day everyone. You got this, sez Queen Ferluffy.






41 comments:

  1. Queen Ferluffy is impressive..as are your achievements!

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    1. She's an internet image, but resembles one I knew, especially that glare!

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  2. You are so busy! I got tired just reading this.

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    1. I find it easier to get doing than to wait, less tiring!

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  3. You just keep on going, working through things. I really wish I will be able do the same when I am your age, aside from car crashing. It must be hard for older people in the US who don't have good established public transport near where they live.

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    1. Some older people move to the city partly for that reason. I'd hang sooner, though. I hear it's more like that in the UK now, many trains and buses no longer serving rural areas I used to get around.

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  4. ‘Irruption’ is a new-to-me word. How I’ve missed it throughout my long life, I know now.

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    1. You've missed it a few times in this blog, one of my favorite words for how Gary bursts in.

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  5. Don't anticipate too much free time - that's a sure way to antagonise the evil spirits.

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    1. A cheerful comment to come in to this morning!

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  6. "So much free time. Maybe I'll solve some age old mathematical mystery" -- hahaha, well, you DO like puzzles!

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  7. "I'm old. I'm not a dinosaur." That made me smile but then I thought about all the knowledge that dinosaurs had to have to survive so long and so well and how all of that dinosaur knowledge is gone and here we are, DocuSigning away which is the knowledge we need to survive in our own day and time.
    How nice to be asked to send in a piece for the art show!

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    1. It was a real honor to be asked for an entry in the upcoming show, the first under the current leadership. It means I'm not forgotten.

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  8. People can be helpful but sometimes you want to do something your own way. Also, if we don't keep up and learn the new ways to do things, we will be helpless one day soon... So I am glad you like to figure things out for yourself and it sounds as if you a very good at it!!

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    1. I like to be capable, and if you accept too much help, you can lose that edge fast. Some help is great.

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  9. Your omelet looks delicious! And your cat is precious.

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    1. It's an Internet cat, which I like. I no longer have cats, sadly.

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  10. Wow -- you are rocking it! Good job on the plant move. Gary does seem a bit hyper - that time off might be nice! And you're right -- sometimes it's easier to do it all yourself. I'm glad the insurance came through. Onward!

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    1. Some of the insurance has come through. Waiting on the house one. But yes, it's easier now that I'm doing better to just do it

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  11. It’s reassuring to read how well you’re doing after your major drama (disaster?). Kind of Gary to think to use a coaster... So glad you were there to stop him!

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    1. I wish you'd been there. I'd like to have seen your face, as a person who knows art materials when he sees them

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  12. I laughed at Gary trying to set his drink on your handmade cordage! Yikes! You have a lot of balls in the air at the moment so bravo to you for managing everything.

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    1. He survived the moment, but it was close. I'm managing here and there.

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  13. I'm glad that you had help wading through things when you needed it, and now you're moving into doing it yourself. Generally, it's easier to make decisions independently than making by committee, though it's nice to have assistance and input at times. Have you previously suggested that Gary bursts in like Kramer (ala Seinfeld)? That is what I picture -- sliding in, hair askew, excitable energy, sure that his idea must be executed NOW.

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    1. Yes, I have compared him to Kramer. Very similar great ideas! I don't mind making decisions myself, committees not so much, as you say.

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    2. The days are busy, Boud. Well done!

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  14. You are certainly busy! From morning walks to evening with online friends. :) :)

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    1. It's working out that way, but I hadn't really planned it.

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  15. I hadn't thought of Kramer but, yes, a perfect description of Gary!! It has to feel great to be yourself again.

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    1. On the other hand Gary has rehabbed several houses singlehanded, and is building his second through a builder. Between rushing over here.

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  16. Your Yes2Next comment took me down a rabbit hole - I thought it must have been some philosophy of life. I have an RDO today from work and a lot of things on my list for the day and thought "maybe I need some of whatever that is in my life"!

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    1. It's a YouTube exercise program but yes, there is a philosophy behind it!

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  17. Wow I’m exhausted just reading this.
    You have been a busy little bee.
    My children are always amazed when I do something on the internet. I’m sure they think I was on the arc with Noah

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  18. I don’t know how to sign on computers…except where they give me a space and my mouse makes a mess of it. You do sound much rehabilitated today!

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    1. Online signatures look really awkward, but they seem to work. I do feel rehabbed today, yes.

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  19. Well you are very busy my friend. First I love the looks of your garden. Everything looks so clean and nice. That omelet is amazing. Have a nice evening.

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    1. The garden looks better in pictures, but don't tell anyone.

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  20. Sometimes, it can be easier just to do things yourself if you can manage, which clearly you can now. That said, the help from neighbors and Gary did not go unappreciated. Hope your car repairs can be done soon now that payment has been sent.

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    1. I think I'm at that next stage. The help was appreciated but now I'm doing better.

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