January 16, 2022 Today’s Plan

 I seem to be recovering from the dental surgery relatively well — not fast enough for my liking but I am managing the pain with OTC products and am eating — very carefully — but eating nonetheless.  I have a small plan for today.

Since the family is on hold for a few days while everybody recovers from the plague (I haven’t tested but I don’t feel any reason to — no symptoms) I will have some time here to do a few of the things that have been nagging at me for awhile — all organizational in nature.

My pantry seems to have taken on a life of it’s own.  The dog decided not to eat anything so I have like twelve bags of dog food on the floor which need to be tossed. I would donate but they won’t take open food.  Then, as I was putting things away after grocery shopping I found several cans that were outdated so I dealt with those.  Now my medicine box needs to be pared down and re-arranged and possibly even moved somewhere else.

The one thing I struggle with are the cutlery packets that come with takeout food.  We generally don’t use them but since I feel that we DO pay for them I hate to get rid of them.  I mean, they do come in handy to stick in a bagged lunch or to use for wet dog food. BUT, they have gotten all over the pantry so I need to find a better way to corral those.  

It looks like today is going to be a “mental” work day more than a physical work day trying to figure out how to rearrange things.

However, it will all come after church which I will be doing virtually.  I have been exposed to the plague and since our church is largely made up of older people I really don’t want to drag my germs around to maybe share.  I am giving myself two weeks to let this pass and then will be back.

It is a lovely day here but very, very cold.  As you probably saw on some newscast or the other we had an unfortunate hostage situation in a synagogue in a neighboring community.  I have been to that synagogue for a bar mitzvah several years ago — a lovely place in a wooded area — rather small.  Such a shame those people had to go through that — what are we coming to as a society.  Fortunately the people that were being held were all freed and unharmed.  The hostage taker didn’t fare as well but I guess it is to be expected.  When the big SWAT trucks arrive you know it isn’t going to be a fair fight.  I am just so thankful the people were saved and nobody was harmed.  

“They” keep saying the omicron variant is peaking and should be on the downswing soon.  I am not holding my breath but hopefully “they” are right.  I wouldn’t be surprised if there was another variant waiting in the wings.  I think I might have to buy one of the fancy KN95 masks.  What a mess.  

It is a good thing I am an introvert and like to stay home.  I have even learned to love shopping online.  Because my green thumb is non-existent I even ordered a faux pothos ivy yesterday.  It will be here today sometime before 10 pm.  Isn’t “faux” a nice word?  Sounds so much better than “fake”.  But either well, it will definitely survive better than “real” in my house!  I have other “faux” plants round and I think they are ok.  I will post a photo of all of them when it comes.  I even have a “faux” succulent - bet you thought you couldn’t kill succulents — well, you can and I did!

I finished my fourth book of my Goodreads challenge.  It was #10 of the Garden Girls mystery series — “Home for the Holidays”.  It was good — they have all been good.  I recommend.  I have been reading on my Kindle because it is easy to read in bed with it but I might look at some of my physical books and see what to read next.  I really prefer the e-reader though — so I don’t know.  I will let you know what is next in my queue.

I am setting up a better cross stitch area.  That is one of the organizational items I am working on today.  I could go upstairs and stitch but I sort of like it down here.  I don’t know, I will see.  I do have a tv upstairs and all MY toys so that might be what I need to do.  Maybe I need to try it.  

On that note I am going to get ready for church and then make my “plan” for the day — since my mouth is still tender and slightly painful I am not going to do too much but maybe I will get something accomplished.

Have a wonderful Sunday!