I am thankful:
1. Mom and I had an enjoyable lunch at Hudson’s Barbecue while we were out to run errands yesterday.
2. Penny is doing well on the medicine the veterinarian changed.
3. I have read some excellent books recently.
4. I archived some of the free eBooks on my Kindle, and with the memory freed the device is working much better.
5. Alex and I chatted a few nights ago and he seemed to be doing well.
6. The temperature was a bit cooler, so Hope and I walked a mile last evening.
7. I have been cooking more, and Mom seems to really enjoy it. I still hate to cook, but it is nice to make her happy.
8. The recent storms have passed us by without any damage.
9. Jeremy fixed the air conditioner on my Buick.
10. I cleaned out all the freezers, so there is only good food inside.
I have been trying to stay home as much as possible because going into town has been making me very nervous since my niece, Leigh, and her family had their van stolen. I know they were in a different city, and that Washington, D.C. is a high crime area, but I cannot seem to shake the feeling that something bad might happen while I am out. I am more comfortable at home on the average day.
I managed to buy some books and bookmarks at Borders’ going out of business sale. I would have liked it more if I had had more money to spend, but some is better than none. I am so disappointed that my favorite bookstore is ceasing to exist. I suppose Amazon will get my business from now on because there is no nearby physical bookstore. Thankfully a new library is opening near here soon. I read many more library books than books I own. Reading is an expensive habit without library books. The free eBooks on Kindle give me lots of reading material too. One thing I really must begin to do is leave a book if it doesn’t interest me and stop plodding through books just because I started them.
I am planning on going to my thirty year class reunion this month, but am a little hesitant about it. School was not such a pleasant thing for me because I was bullied, though I do have some good memories on the academic side. I have always enjoyed learning. I hope this reunion is better than the ten year one I attended.
Laura, my daughter-in-law, found a puppy. She seems totally taken with Luna who is a black Lab mix. I think with all the attention she is giving the puppy that it should turn out to be a fine dog. I have no doubt Luna will be just as spoiled as my Hope.
I have not been paying much attention to my creative side. I fail to write, I fail to draw, and I fail to paint. Somehow I need to get back to those things, but my enjoyment of reading seems to hold me captive. There should be a balance, where I create and I read, but that does not seem to happen. At least I am not hooked on television. Computers, yes, books, yes, but those things give me some hope that I can be reunited with my creative side. I should really come here and blog more often, but I have little incentive. I often feel I am only talking to myself, and I can do that in my head without all the effort of typing out the thoughts and making them sensible. I manage to post on Twitter and Facebook quite often via TweetDeck, but even that seems futile at times. One day I am going to make a collection of my best Twitter posts and bring them here. I think some of them are quite erudite.
I hope all of you are doing well and living happily. I am happy in my life be it ever so simple.
Always,
Jo Ann
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