I’m sitting in the office typing this because it’s too noisy in the den. The roofers called us yesterday and they’re here to put a new roof on the shed and fix the section of the porch roof that is leaking into our front door. Hurrah!

No more leaky shed roof. No more leaks in the door frame.

Other than that, there’s not much else that is new. We had a big wind/rain storm last night, as often happens when weather has been unseasonably warm. Today is breezy and windy and about 20 degrees colder.

I don’t know if you saw the comments yesterday from a woman named Terri Crider. They have since been deleted. Terri read this blog for several years and then Trump happened and her true colors were revealed. She turned into a troll. I’ve blocked her twice before and, in the desperation seen in Trumpers who can’t accept that he lost the election, she’s reappeared. Her comments, as you might expect, are mean spirited, ignorant, and full of lies. It’s sad.

It’s one thing if a commenter responds to me directly. I can take it. But she responded directly to comments from two of my readers and called them names. I’ve blocked her. Again. I apologize if you received any responses from her.

Sigh.

Current view:

They’re working fast. Fingers crossed that they get this done in one day.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

This is all I have for you today; Mei holding the Ukrainian flag.

We stand with Ukraine.

Much love to all of you.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

Let’s see…what’s happening? Don used our neighbor’s snowblower yesterday and it worked just fine on our driveway. Then he took it back to their property and proceeded to snowblow their driveway and it promptly stopped working. Since there was so much sleet mixed in with the snow, there were chunks of ice “like bricks” between the blades. Don cleared all of that out. The engine runs perfectly. But the blades won’t turn. He went back later and tried it again. Still didn’t work. So he called our neighbor to explain what happened. Of course, Don feels guilty, but he didn’t do anything wrong. It just happened. We’ve offered to pay for repair or a new snowblower. Meanwhile, our  snowblower doesn’t work. Crap.

One of my Instagram accounts has been hacked, I think. It’s the one I use for books and reading and I don’t use it all that much, but it’s a pain in the tush. I keep getting a ‘challenge required’ message which means they want to verify your identity. Normally, that would mean an email would be sent to me, but I’ve received no emails. And that makes me think they’re sending them to another address – like that of a hacker. I’ve tried contacting IG support, but who knows if they’ll respond? Is it worth it to start another account? I’m not sure. I have two-way verification turned on for my main account and foolishly thought that meant the other two accounts would have it, as well. Nope. So I turned it on for Sophieandherpals. And now, I’ll just watch the other account and wait.

And, of course, there’s Ukraine, which I can’t get out of my mind. Nor should I.

Anyway. I should get my egg cups back today. These sad little empty cubbies will have residents again. UPS delayed delivery until today and made that decision ahead of the storm.

Don just slipped on the ice and hurt his shoulder. He insisted on going to recycle anyway.

I hope he’s okay.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.