Making It Monday-Starts and Finishes

As part of my goal to bring small bits of organization to my day I have started a very brief, really modified hack of the Miracle Morning. My aborted, sitting in bed version, includes prayer, meditation, a full set of in bed stretches, some journaling (sometimes some reading or knitting before facing the world), and caffeine and and immediate mornng snack if I need it from my teeny nightside cooler. Note that there is absolutely no visualization or actualization in terms of exercises or anything else. And it's often not before 8 AM. Sorry, Hal!  

I blocked my finished shawl ( I dont have blocks so I used a steam iron). I may work on it more in the week to come to stretch it a bit but my sister loves it. The lace is popping if imperfect. Since I always alternate one for me and one for someone else, I've started on this shawl which goes with my summer capsule pretty much - at least the solid tops and the maxi dresses. I'd really like to make a summer tank as well, but then I think of my sister in law in rehab. It's Texas air conditioning. Could she use a shawl?  Will they let a handmade item come in?  

The quilt is finally quilted and finished, and ready to go (to press or not to press with a traditional quilt is always a question), and I'm now about to start on some fall fabrics that are partially cut before the big modern quilt. I also today hope to make a set of cards and write letters inside-one for my SIL in rehab and the others for meals on wheels peeps. 

I've finally decided that I really need to start watching Line of Duty as my next show. It's been on my list for a really long time and I've avoided it just because I'm a big fan of dear old Lennie from The Walking Dead and Jericho, ( I hate to see him be the bad guy) but it's time to jump in. I need a new show and there it is.  Meanwhile, thanks to the Fantastic Fiction website, Kindle Unlimited and all my Amazon emails I have a large backlog of books to read and check out. For my thriller/mystery types, I just discovered the Joe DeMarco series and my current book will keep me busy until the new Catherine Coulter FBI book comes out this week. 

I may actually allow myself to pay full kindle price for that, although I am keeping a very tight reign these days. I need a few craft/fabric/yarn items or tools to finish current projects. Also since I live near an SAS store and there is none in the area of Texas that I am moving to, I may spend the $150 for another pair of sandals before I move. Otherwise all the post bills and grocery shopping expenses will go towards renting a pod and movers and new things I'll need in Texas. I'll also be sending a monthly allotment to my son for awhile since he is taking over a full half of this house and his hours are questionable each week at best (they love him and he's supposed to eventually be promoted as a trainer and start traveling, but as Covid-19 goes up, restaurant business goes down. Everyone is affected, man).

So.  In theory, I will be ready to move on 1 October. But the reality is that I won't move until sometime around the fifteenth. If they don't allow mid month move-ins, I'll pay online and authorize my daughter to pick up the key and then sometime around the 15th move and drive. 

Why all this finagaling?  It's all so I can vote in my current state, since we are a swing state. I care much more about the possiblity of kicking Cory Gardner to the curb and taking the senate than the off chance of Cronyn.  Colorado, of course, is one of those states Trump hates so much because we vote by mail. We receive our ballots in the mail and then can mail them in, drop them off at secured sealed lockboxes or even stand in line.  As far as I'm concerned the mail fraud argument doesn't hold water and isn't particular advantageous for Democrats as such.  I mean, our senators are one of each party, after all.

You"ll probably laugh at this one, but after having a chat about parsing out stuff from the household for me to take, I pulled out one of those "furnish your first home" type charts to plan ahead for everything I would need. I'm taking my own dishes, we'll divide up silver wear and we have enough pots and pans to keep me till I get new ones. On the other hand I'll need toaster, microwave and so many more things things further down the line. I made a designatied Amazon wishlist for this stuff, if only to keep me organized. I've also not shopped for just one person for awhile, so I've been working a very rough budget and a master shopping list in that area.

Tonight we are having lemon garlic chicken tenders (I bought I gigantic package o we could just pull as many as we needed out) with cheese garlic biscuits, which come from Walmart, believe it or not and are fantastic.

Someone shared this with me this mornng, proof at what a lack of national leadership (Yes, I'm talking about Trump), looks like in the face of a pandemic. Sigh. Just when I had started going out a teeny bit here and there, I'm back in my nice little bubble. Anyone who still thinks Trump is doing well handling the pandemic or the law and order better look again.