Feeling a little under the weather today. Well, actually, yesterday as well. If I wasn’t masking when I’m out and about, I’d say that I have a full-blown cold. So, it’s most likely sinus exacerbated by our bizarre weather.

Anyway, this will be short. Lots of wind out there today. The accompaniment to my morning coffee is the sound of wind and the ringing of  the wind chimes. We may get quite a bit of snow on Monday going into Tuesday, but as I said yesterday, I’ll believe it when I see it. Anyway, for all my complaints about no snow this winter, at this point in the season I don’t want any snow! Go figure.

I managed to read my War and Peace  chapter yesterday but couldn’t concentrate on any other reading, so I watched videos on YouTube. I did manage to eat a piece of apple pie. His best yet!

And, for a brief moment, I played with Imogen:

Stay safe in all the crazy weather out there, my friends.

Happy Friday.

I hope you won’t mind this announcement:

The bathroom tub has been re-caulked!!!!!

Late in the morning yesterday (should have started a little earlier) I decided that there would never be a good time to remove all the crappy caulk and re-caulk the tub, so I dove in. I just wanted to get it done. It was a mess, of course, and the hardest part was removing the caulk. I used the tool I have as well as a scraper. So, for a couple of hours, I was on my knees, hunched over the tub, constantly scraping and – let’s face it – swearing. But I finally got all of it removed and I gathered up the old sheet I had placed in the bottom of the tub to catch all the debris and threw it in a trash bag. (Unfortunately, the scraper went along with it – so I’ll be buying a new one.) I took a break to let everything dry. In the meantime, we couldn’t get the old container of caulk out of the caulk gun. It took both of us to wrestle that thing out of there – it was quite the struggle.

Then, I sat in the tub and caulked. Unfortunately, I discovered I had purchased CLEAR caulk instead of white caulk. Darn it! Don handed me my tools when I needed them – he was my assistant. Anyway, it’s done after three years of saying I needed to redo the whole thing but not doing it. We decided that we’ll buy a tube of white caulk next week and add another layer so that the tub looks “finished.”

Now we have to wait until 3 pm today to take a shower because the caulk has to cure for 24 hours.

And, as expected, my back, shoulders, neck, and right hand are very sore. But I’m so happy it’s done and it was worth it. I’m tired, so waiting for a shower will be no big deal.

Today, I rest.

This girl is one cool customer.

The coat and jeans were made by a woman in China. I love them! In fact, I’d love that coat for myself. I used to have one in gray that was very much like it. Every time I wore it, I got compliments. (I was much younger then.) Now, my girl is continuing the tradition….cue a tiny little tear rolling down my cheek.

There’s a very thin layer of snow on the ground this morning, but it will rain later and it will all go away. This promises to be a bit of a crazy weather week. Up, down, rain, ice, snow. But I’ll believe it when I see it.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.