Friday, April 9, 2021

Legal

 Or at least half way there. After getting a prescription from my doctor for handicapped plates, having safety and emission checks on my car and writing a check for registration fees and taxes I now have a Texas license plate. One down. Have the sticker on the car and just waiting for help replacing the plates. 



Fortunately my driver's license in Colorado still lasts a good long while. I dunno if it's Texas specific or if it's the new special ID licenses. But they want me to prove every name progression from birth. Which means I need to request a marriage and divorce decree from the 1980 in addition to current documents. I suppose my passport might have sufficed if the dog had not eaten it. But then again, I can't even get an appointment for a new license until late summer....



Yesterday I went and had my first full on pedicure post Covid. Prices have gone up on these, but for me they fall under a health expense since reaching my feet is difficult. I had a half an hour leg massage  and it was wonderful, and every one was masked and distances. Another small step. I was seriously thinking about attending a fair in a couple towns over that's about thirty minutes away-If only to see the building full of Monarch Butterfly quilts. But I decided that if I was going to do that, it should have been today, not a Saturday or Sunday. I am actually going to in person church on Sunday and depending on "things" I may go to the local Saturday Community Market tomorrow morning and/or explore the town center and the large used book store.  We'll see. 

Next week's project is to order stuff and perhaps create something for the patio. As you can see from the photos, my neighbor above has her patio full in bloom. My daughter will be setting up one or maybe two planters for me, but no more since have difficulty keeping plants of any kind alive. I've budgeted somewhere between a hundred an a hundred and fifty dollars for step one, which will include full cushions for the chairs, two heavy pots for the trees so that the wind doesnt knock them over (I also plan to put some plant stakes in them), something for the wall and lights for the railing. 


I need to move the trees to make room fro the wall art. And no, the pillow doesn't match the tablecloth. Back it will go.

My patio, empty slate with just patio table and chairs

Neighbor above patio. While I dont necessarily wish to attain this, half of this would be nice, lol.

Step two will be planters when daughter gets to them, a bunting to put across the railing, some other hand made yard art and an outdoor pouff for my feet. I really only want one club chair and they almost all seem to come in sets of two (as do the deep seated outdoor chairs) so I am slowly looking around.

I hurt myself doing some exercise routing in one of my seated programs and I do mean it hurts whenever I move. On the area just underneath my collar bone and just to the left of what I guess is the sternum area. So I am back to gentle stretching and walking outside and inside (even yoga hurts). It's eighty degrees, but eighty degrees and breezy and hazy in Denton is not 80 degrees and clean and sunny and calm a mile closer to the sun in Denver. 



Knitting has become part of my wakeup/morning routine (I seem to be going to be earlier and rising earlier but that's a different story). I generally grab my coke, my kindle and my notebook for reading and meditations while I'm having the morning caffeine (or two). As I shared with this picture on Instagram, said routine is also now involving knitting every day. There's actually an online course about knitting as prayer and meditation. Maybe I should be taking that.

I'm actively working on the craft specific blog now, slowly but surely. Once it's published it will have lot's more finishes to share as well as "while I'm working on them photos" and will possibly link to a Facebook sales page. Onward and Forward!

18 comments:

  1. I'm confused about your deck. One photo shows it on the ground level and the other shows it as a second story deck. Do you have two decks? Love the white pillars

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    1. Ill adjust the captions. the upstairs one is the neighbor.

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  2. Love the colour on your nails.

    God bless.


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    1. Thanks. I usually get red so this is different

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  3. It sounds like you'll be getting a REAL ID. You'll either need that or a passport to be able to fly later this year.

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    1. Yes. I don't actually fly but am still happy to have a passport and real ID.

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    2. I have my fingers crossed, but I am assuming that my REAL ID from Delaware will translate to the same in Idaho. Finding all of the paperwork was a pain. I stated, in writing, that I found this paperwork to be sexist since men rarely change their names at marriage, but women are "strongly encouraged" to. I will tell my grand daughters not to bother.

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    3. Yes. There's no doubt on that although I would in no way not have done it.

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  4. I only want one chair and find they come in pairs! Your plans for the patio sound great. If I get a lemon tree for Tommy's front porch, I will have to plan for the terrific wind at his house.

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    1. I'm just keeping my eye out for a single somewhere somehow.

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  5. I love your patio area and looking forward to seeing it dressed. Hope your pain dissipates quickly.

    Take care, stay well!

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  6. I will start attending church this Sunday too since my 2 weeks following the 2nd vaccination shot was Friday. It will be so nice to get back to doing some of my pre-covid activities even though I will still be following all safety precautions.

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  7. When we moved from NY to CT my wife had a heck of a time getting her new license because of her name changes. She had to go to court! Eventually it got straightened out, and there was no trouble on the second move to PA. Can't wait to see the AFTER pictures of your patio.

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    1. It will be slow. A few things here and a few things there but I'll get there.

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  8. Your patio looks lovely already! Lots of room, compared to mine. Looking forward to the After. Nice pedicure, too! I've always thought of knitting and crocheting as meditative activities. Brings my blood pressure down, LOL!

    Deb

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