Misfits, knee weirdness, ACECO

Misfits was a bit disorganized. The tracker gave me three different times of delivery and arrived at a different time from all of them, but still good, mid morning, handy for lunch. 

The box arrived partly open, tape hadn't been applied evenly, and one item didn't arrive, but I doubt if it fell out, too big for that gap. I reported the open box and missing item but insisted it wasn't Rameer the driver's doing.

Canned goods for the food pantry, at least some of them, yogurt because it's a permanent staple here, sweet potatoes and yellow potatoes. Sweets for soup and sides, and cake,  yellow for roasting. In fact I added in a couple of yellows to boil ready to roast for lunch with the last of the hake.

Can of ramen noodle soup mix, not ordered, probably a marketing move.  Mushrooms for no end of use, in Yeung Man Cooking recipes or mushroom omelette, or added to soup. Wiped and sliced then frozen ready. They thaw fast.  Cane sugar because it's good and it's fair trade. Cheddar cheese for toasted cheese, or tomato bake, or cheese omelette or something. Bread for the lazy baker.

I've started taking the Misfits food prep further. Beyond washing and wiping and slicing and freezing, I'm cooking items such as sweet potatoes because they'll freeze and be very handy for baking and soup and sides. Future Me will thank Now Me.

My panko didn't arrive, so no breading for now, no big deal.  Plenty of options.

I called Gary to see if he's okay, and found he's had yet another battery of tests but feels good. I wanted to check if he'd like some of the chocolate cake I'm baking today. I didn't want to torment him with a favorite food if he wasn't up to enjoying it, current digestive issues. Apparently fine, so it's on.

And here's my share, afternoon tea with chocolate walnut cake 

Wednesday evening as I was going upstairs, my knee started doing weird stuff. Instead of taking my weight smoothly, it jerked into place, and tried to give way on each step. Pretty unnerving. This is the non-Hippolyta side. Some pain in the thigh.

Then Thursday morning it started again.  I decided to ice and do leg weights in case it was out of shape. It wasn't hurting, I wasn't  working through pain, and I did half a dozen leg exercises with 10lbs, 10 reps each. Then I tried the stairs, with significant improvement. 

I'd been walking, stretching,  using  resistance bands lately, not leg weights. So I need to get back into it. Anyway, I think it's more or less okay for now. End of organ recital.

And here's the website of the company busy tearing out the East Wing, horrendous in itself and especially without covering or asbestos precautions. It was built in the early 1900s, added to in the 1940s, very likely asbestos was used.

They'll be lucky if they ever get more work after this. They've deleted their LinkedIn page and this is their own website Thursday morning 

Happy day everyone, show no mercy to evil doers. Reserve that for the good people, of whom there are billions!

 

Today's resistance, now we know whistles are being effectively used as anti ICE devices -- warnings and deterrents -- I've ordered a dozen. My friend BBG on Spoutible checked out the company to ensure no gop involvement. 

I ordered a dozen in yellow, the color of No Kings, I'll keep one to wear as a symbol of resistance and send the rest to people who need defense against ICE 

No Kings everywhere!

 I went online to my rally,  and, when they had to disable visuals because of trolling, I took a picture of me in yellow sweater with my hand made No Kings sign. 

This was seen briefly on my online rally but when they cut visuals, I posted it on Spoutible to boost the signal, and got quite a bit of response. In fact it went viral.

I did get the chance to speak, encouraged hope and resistance, and the organizer plans to follow us here, great addition if she does.

So here's me, wearing yellow, the requested color of the day, with sign.

The rally ran for two hours, guests including Colorado AG, and other political figures and speakers from the online group got their say, too. It was really satisfying to take part and speak up.

If you missed it or want to do it again, there's another online event scheduled. Check it out! I had to crop out my personal details, but you can search for it.

Or copy and use this link 

Earlier I'd been out for a walk in a different direction, lovely cool crisp weather 

A late bee catching a flower before it fades.

And here's the flower container, better view

Happy day everyone, I hope you got to take part with the millions of us who made our feelings known. 

Skin, check, park, check, treats, check

Yet another doctor appointment this morning, the annual skin check. Which yielded all good news, and she cut out a callus or two on my walker's foot, saying I can be less gentle with my foot rasp, only stop if it hurts. 

She commiserated on my outliving nearly all family and all my agemate friends, saying, well, if you take care of yourself that happens. Cheery.

Since this morning was cleaning family day, I didn't go straight home but went to Dollar General for a treat or two, because I've earned it. Little box of wheat thins, bag of peppermint creams. Lunch. 

I was going to sit in the car there, then several huge fire department trucks drove up and started fooling around with cylinders of spraying stuff, so I regrouped and went to the park.

Is this multi trunk tree the result of coppicing? Anyone who knows please say. There's an avenue of them, all similarly multi trunked.

After a nice walking circuit, bit chilly for a bench, so I resumed the car,  the wheat thins, the peppermint creams and a Mrs Pargeter I had on my Kindle.

I woke up a while later, after several dreams happened, I guess getting up and about early takes energy, and eventually came home and found the house clean. 

Not only that, my nice family had refilled the spray bottles I usually set up for them. That saved me a step.  And they'd retrieved a container that had fallen down behind the kitchen shelves, showing they definitely clean back there. 

They keep me out of assisted living, seriously. 

Thanks for all the variety of cabbage ideas. I'm still finishing containers of the Spanish stew and I can vouch for how well it holds up to freezing. I've been adding cabbage and water, and the flavor is really good. 

Next to use the tofu in some interesting way. 

And here's a nice reminder about keeping the joy in No Kings Day. 

These reminders are good for every day, really, come to think of it.

Happy day everyone, try for joy! Sez Ted and Big Ursy 

No Kings online

If you're not up for marching in person for No Kings, you can be part of the movement online. Cut and paste, whatever your system permits, and sign up at this link.

Or find it via search engine. I've signed up. Note that the times are Mountain Time, so do the math for your region.

In the subject of showing up, I looked at the ballot tracker and confirmed that my vote for Governor was received.

Once again the dentist chatted about the way time flies, checked my new x-rays, emptied my wallet and gave me an appointment for this time next year.  

I ran out of toothpaste a couple of weeks ago, switched to baking soda.  The hygienist had asked how come I had very little staining compared to last year. She said that definitely accounted for the improvement, and to keep doing it unless my teeth get sensitive.  

I didn't know they kept records of staining, and the dentist did his own cleaning and polishing last year, so maybe he did it. Meticulous. Anyway I can save buying toothpaste now.

And I got a lovely offer of sock yarn from a blogista, thank you, P, complete with news of old online friends, so I'm looking forward to resuming socking soon. People coming through, again. 

Meanwhile I'm finishing the current pair, just turned the heel on the second sock. I love the mechanics of short row heel turning, very satisfying to do.

Tuesday evening Gary came rushing over to show me a picture he'd taken a few minutes before of a beautiful yellow and white cat sitting on my step in front of the wooden cat ornament! As if Mr. Cat is asking if I'd rather have the real thing instead of a wooden one.

I wonder if he's trying to move in. Wouldn't be the first cat to try that. Gary's seen him several times recently at night. I wonder, too if he's being let out at night. 

He looks well fed and clean, a pet, not a stray. Gary wants to feed him, but I warned him he'll end up with a time-share cat with two homes. We'll see.

I wouldn't mind a visiting cat as long as I didn't have the responsibility and expense. A grandcat. That would be nice.

Happy day everyone, do you have grandpets? I like the concept. Billie the Pup is like that. My grandpup.

Yesterday millions showed up, thank you!

Tragedy in Minnesota, and triumph in many places, No Kings Day was a day of contrasts. Thank you everyone who was on the right side of history. And especially thank you to Minnesotans who still turned out, refusing to be terrorized out of their right to protest.

Somewhere here in this crowd is blogista Chris! For red Idaho, this is massive. And with great signs. Meanwhile the man who would be king had a quiet day, tanks squeaking down empty streets.

Yesterday we had torrential rain most of the day, and I made this, comfort food.

Baked tomatoes, cheese, baby bellas,  capers and aqua faba. On toast, it was about right for the weather and my needy mood. No idea what to name it.

Back at the lookout, Ted has recruited Big Ursy as a bodyguard, complete with pussy hat from the last time we were in this fight. 

Good morning, everyone! Happy day, let's keep up the pressure and the hope. Just for today I'm being low-key. But first, check this out on YouTube. It's the Chicks.