Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

February quotes were ominous

*Heart* 2. A day in the life... give us the low-down on how you spend a typical day.
Because I don’t work a regular job outside of my home I fluctuate with my time. For instance yesterday: Up at 5 a.m., put out the dogs, filled the corn stove hopper, fed dogs half of breakfast, went back to bed until 8 a.m., fed cats and birds, read Bible reading plan, made the bed, removed corn stove clinker, started wood pellets in wood furnace because of outside cold, started a load of laundry, ate breakfast, fed dogs other half of breakfast, online to bank to pay bills, read email, WDC, posted to blogs one to 30 day. One to Take UP Your Cross, put dogs back out, changed laundry from washer to dryer, started another load in washer, fed lunch to birds, cats, dogs, cooked lunch for K and I, took dogs out for a short walk. Filled outside bird feeders, filled dish washer, folded clothes from dryer, put 2nd load from dryer to washer, cleaned cat boxes (there are 5 and are cleaned daily), several times during this list I filled pellets into wood furnace, It was 3 p.m. by the time this was done so I took my kindle and read for about two hours. Then I had a light snack for evening meal. At, 7 K filled the hopper with corn on the corn stove, I took out the clinker and we retired to our bedrooms for the night. I played township before I went to sleep. Showering and dressing also take up time.

Today no laundry. Just reading, feeding animals, cleaning cat boxes is steady, I take time sometimes to run the red dot for the cats. Talk to the parrots or do special cleaning in their cages daily. It is really windy and snowy today so I’m not looking forward to going out with the dogs. I will probably play fetch down the hall and run them through their training course sometime. Feeding pellets into the wood furnace is not strenuous work but hourly if I forget it will go out. I should do some exercises. I can get exercise plans from silver sneakers and I use them plus there is an exercise bike and I do yoga exercises regularly on impulse. Other things that might come up in a day is taking out the trash, vacuuming a room or two. It is time to do the taxes and I am putting them on computer so I will take a day for that this month. I am almost ready now to do them. One day this month I will do all the bill paying for the month and another day I will do grocery shopping. Blogging on WDC can take two to four hours. In good weather I get more done in a day because I stay up at 5. Now, I go back to bed to doze or read, or play township.

K and I are not getting along at all right now. Cabin fever I think. He never stayed home much before he retired. Then he got a part time job until march when every thing shut down. Now, he has trouble finding things to keep him busy. I can always find something to keep me busy. It irritates him I think. You can imagine, I'm high energy--he is low energy. In the winter the house is closed up. It makes a difference. The house is large so some parts are warm other parts not so warm.

He was always extremely attached to his family. Now both of his parents are gone and he does not spend much time with his sisters. I think that being separated from his siblings may make him lonely. I’m not a substitute for that attachment. He likes Facebook that helps him stay in touch with friends and family. . Retirement can be a real obstacle to over come if you aren’t ready for it. Who is? Covid does not help.

*Heart* 3. What are you excited about in the coming month?
I’m hoping for a break in this weather. A day of sunshine, no wind, and melting snow would make me excited. Plus, I’m taking the dog to the vet for a check up. Once that is done I can apply for a lifetime license and he will be set for awhile.