The catch up arrived

The change of seasons, the real one when the ambient temperatures reach that threshold of either freezing or 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32°C), sets up a bumper crop of thoughts for things that must be done to prepare for cold or hot weather.

Frankly, this season, a hot cup of soup with a nice glob of melting mozzarella cheese in the cup bottom and a buttery chunk of garlic toast are what I prefer to focus on over the brain scramble to prepare. You will not hear me say what fun it is to get out my snow boots. Love a pretty a pretty snowfall as I do, in my old age I appreciate summer more than ever. 

A healing hand from the broken wrist, and the pulled oblique muscle, makes me eager to get anything done. This week has been a miracle not to be set back with aches and pain. Life without ibuprofen is wonderful. 

What’s next? Catch up. All the tasks waiting for me are there like hungry puppies. Glue is top of the list as fixing things rates high. 

A closet clean out is also on my to do list. Starting with the smallest first builds energy. 

One year, a pair of inexpensive dress boots I wore in 2007 were cracking so bad I had to throw them away. I know that real rubber can break up, but synthetic material cracking was a surprise. I have wood and leather clogs made in Sweden that I bought in 1978. Longevity in natural materials rules.

Day 303 Week 44 October 2026

My new to me way of down sizing creates interesting thoughts. Any change is bound to feel different. Whether or not it blips on our emotional radar makes a difference.

Clothes. Instead of donating by pulling out the garments I don’t wear, I keep what I will use. In doing that, I have days of liking everything. That feeling of looking stylish makes me happy. Mind you, I am totally comfortable dressed like a slob. Artists have a free license to look slovenly. 

It is weird for me to have clothes lifting my spirits. I hope I don’t turn into a fashion snob. 😂

Have a fashion fun weekend!

Bake peach cobbler

Have lunch with an aunt or uncle

Shop for nifty mittens 

Draw a pine tree grove

Visit a grave

Wash windows indoors

Watch videos of ducks

Review cloud formation names

Read about local forests

A Why Is It?

Arriving home from doing errands, you feel a wave of exhaustion as soon as you step inside the door. 

Is the comfort of being home that major? It’s not like there’s wild anmals out there chasing you, coughing covid people or just ran a marathon.

As expected, the Google search assistant has an explanation as well as ways to help. The majority of regular search results are for being tired after work. 

Mental fatigue appears to be the main reason. It puzzles me because just yards away from my door, I did not feel tired.

Maybe it is a leftover memory from my working days. I know that in the late afternoon, after 5 PM, I am ready to change into comfy lounging clothes or pajamas. Those hours are mentally the end of the day for me. 

Do you feel an end of the day?

Frost

Vermont Frost 8:05 AM EDT 
28 October 2026

The first hard frost on the backyard lawn this season. 

It looks to me that October is ready to  pass the baton to November.

Email Maintenance

Sorting through email addresses that have blogs attached can be a nightmare. 

If you don’t completely sign out beyond the Sign out of all accounts, then the default gmail might block access to the account blog you signed into. 

After Sign out of all accounts, scroll down to manage the account, click on that and scroll down to the “sign out” at the bottom. 

Then you can sign in clear to the gmail address with the blog you want to manage.

I post about this at least once or twice a year.

So as it goes, logging into your emails every month, is I feel, a good idea. How long doing email address maintenance depends on how many you have. 

The blogs you may have that are or aren’t published should be noted next to the email address in your written password book.

On your Google account through Blogger, you can have up to 100 blogs. Online search results indicate world wide there are 600 million blogs. 

Check out blog statistics for 2026 on wix.com.