Day eight of the deer widow's vacation-last day
We're under a curse. I'm sure of it. Every time I think we're actually going to make it, something comes up to enlighten me.Yesterday it was the stove. I was getting ready to put the bread in the oven to bake it and the door to the oven fell off. Tom had repaired it a few years ago so it was living on borrowed time, I suppose. I had a kitchen island on wheels that I would push up against it so it stayed shut while in use and I couldn't open the door all the way but at least I could use it.Not any more.I suspect we'll go stove shopping this week but we have a different idea of what we want in a stove. I want to stay with electric and he wants to swit

Day seven of the deer widow's vacation
Yes, I missed blogging about day six and not because I was planted on the couch,bloated from a Thanksgiving Day feast. I cooked a regular meal of broiled pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy and corn...and didn't allow myself to overdo it at all. No, I just didn't feel like being online much yesterday. Oh, the computer was on, and I was signed on to places like facebook and Ravelry, but I spent most of the day watching the House Hunters marathon and knitting. Not good to leave the computer on all day, I know. A terrible waste of energy and I won't let it happen again.My wrists didn't bother me at all yesterday, thankfully, but I didn't knit nonstop like I did Wednesday. F

Day five of the deer widow's vacation
Actually it doesn't feel like the vacation has started yet since I'm still doing the things I do every day. The only difference is I have the kitchen to myself in the mornings. Other than that it feels pretty much like my normal routine.I do plan on making some changes to that normal routine though and I'm not going to wait until school is over to do it. I need to get my sleep pattern regulated so I'm going to bed at the same time (or near same time) every night and getting up earlier. I think that will help my fatigue factor immensely. Good restorative sleep. Something I haven't had for over 20 years.Another change is tearing the house apart (not literally) an

Day four of the deer widow's vacation
Rain! Ugh. I don't mind it unless I have to drive dark country highways with faded lines that you can't see when the pavement is wet. Especially with car lights in your rear view mirror so blinding because the driver behind you is less than one car length away and the cars coming at you have forgotten to dim their brights. At one point I was completely blind going into a curve at 45 mph.I sincerely doubt I will ever get Zach behind the wheel of the car now.Oh...and the car that was tailgating and passed me doing about 65? We waved as we passed him pulled over by the police.But we made it home and have no particular place to go until Sunday morning. F

Day three of the deer widow's vacation
I didn't get a lot done today. The forecast was for partly cloudy with sunshine in the afternoon. No one bothered to tell Mother Nature, though, because it kept getting cloudier until we ended up with a fine mist and a bit of fog. I had hung out the first load but as it didn't clear up put the second load of whites and light colored clothes in the dryer. Which is having some problems, it seems. It took a while to dry the load. I think I need to snake the lint trap because I suspect it's got a stash of lint hidden away. Only I don't have a snake. I keep a lookout at StuffMart in the section where they keep the informercial items but so far no snake.So I ended u